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This chapter establishes a background to Burma, its colonial society, politics, economics, defense arrangements and strategy. These are seen, in part, through the eyes of the newly arriving war correspondents. A broad outline of the military retreat of 1942 is established, setting it in its wider context of the war against Japan.
Title: Burma 1942
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This chapter establishes a background to Burma, its colonial society, politics, economics, defense arrangements and strategy.
These are seen, in part, through the eyes of the newly arriving war correspondents.
A broad outline of the military retreat of 1942 is established, setting it in its wider context of the war against Japan.
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