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2. Chindits - Wikipedia

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   The forces for the second Chindit operation were called Special Force, officially 3rd Indian Infantry Division, or Long Range Penetration Groups, [17] but the nickname, the Chindits, had already stuck. The new Chindit force commenced training in Gwalior. Men were trained in crossing rivers, demolitions and bivouacking. Calvert and Fergusson ...

3. The Chindits order of battle - Wikipedia

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   After being trained, the force was transferred to General Joseph Stilwell's Northern Combat Area Command and operated independently of the Chindits. 23rd British Infantry Brigade. O.C. Brigadier Lancelot Perowne: 32 HQ Column 1st Battalion Essex Regiment: 44 and 56 Columns 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding): 33 and 76 Columns

4. Orde Wingate - Wikipedia

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   Wingate, the eldest of three sons, was born on 26 February 1903 at Naini Tal near Almora in Kumaon, India, into a military family (cousins of the Wingate baronets). [4] [5] His father, Colonel George Wingate (1852–1936), [6] had become a committed member of the Plymouth Brethren early in his army career in India; at the age of 46, after wooing her for 20 years, he married (Mary) Ethel (1867 ...

5. Battle of Mogaung - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Mogaung was a series of engagements that was fought in the Burma Campaign of World War II between 6 and 26 June 1944 at the Burmese town of Mogaung. In brutal fighting, the 77th 'Chindit' Brigade under Brigadier Michael Calvert, later assisted by Chinese forces of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, fought for and captured the town from the occupying forces of Imperial Japan.

6. George William Symes - Wikipedia

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   During the Second World War he commanded the 70th Infantry Division in India, and was deputy commander of the Special Force, commonly known as the Chindits, in Burma. He was deputy commander of the lines of communication of the 21st Army Group from May to November 1944, and then commanded the lines of communication in South East Asia Command ...

7. John Masters - Wikipedia

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   Lieutenant Colonel John Masters, DSO, OBE (26 October 1914 – 7 May 1983) was a British novelist and regular officer of the Indian Army.. In World War II, he served with the Chindits behind enemy lines in Burma, and became the GSO1 (chief staff officer) of the 19th Indian Infantry Division.

8. Chindit Memorial - Wikipedia

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   The Chindit Memorial is a war memorial in London, England, that commemorates the Chindit special forces, which served in Burma under Major General Orde Wingate in the Second World War. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The memorial was erected in Victoria Embankment Gardens in 1990, near the Ministry of Defence headquarters, and also commemorates Wingate, who died ...

9. 14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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   Here the division, including the 14th Infantry Brigade, was split up and reformed as Chindits, fighting in the Second Chindit Expedition of 1944 (codenamed Operation Thursday). The brigade suffered 489 casualties during the Chindit operation. [32] [33] On 1 November 1944 the brigade was redesignated as the 14th British Airlanding Brigade. [34] [35]