Authors: Fergal Keane
Naga, love for 57, 225
Naga, on post-war 408, 439
paternalist 34
post-war life 439, 440, 441
publicity/press 362–3
refugees, assists 29, 30, 45, 212, 363–4
Richards and 181, 182, 212
withdrawal of West Kent’s from Kohima, reaction to 222, 223
Pearl Harbor 5, 9, 76, 80, 142, 325
Pearson, Squadron Leader Alec ‘Fatty’ 321–2, 325
Pegu 144–5
Percival, Arthur 172
Perowne, Brigadier Lancelot 399
Persse, Colonel ‘Atte’ 81
Phan, Phanit 294
Phek village 161, 162
Phizo, A.Z. 440
Powell, G. R. 4
Pownall, Lieutenant General Sir Henry 170–1, 279–80, 369
Prendergast, Professor W. H. 13, 35
Prince of Wales
, HMS 10
Pulebadze, Mount 33, 220, 234
psychology, soldier 22, 28, 60, 83, 279, 309, 321–2, 333, 344, 345, 429
Quit India campaign 43, 43n, 69
Radice, Captain H. L. T. 45, 46
RAF 10, 19, 20, 23, 42, 90, 133, 177, 178–9, 214, 218, 235, 292, 296, 304, 321, 322–3, 325, 337, 368, 380, 407
Ramsden, Private Benjamin 24–5, 25n
Randle, Captain Jack 379
Randolph, Reverend Roy 123, 240, 299–300, 345, 357, 361–2, 418
Rangoon 1–4, 5, 6, 10–12, 13, 16, 18, 23, 78, 91, 105, 114, 117, 147, 281, 411, 415, 417
Ranking, General R.P.L. 184, 185, 212, 213, 213n, 222, 223, 224n, 437
Rawlley, Major Naveen 344, 345, 348
Razabil 124–9, 134
Rees, Corporal 266, 269
Repulse
, HMS 10
Reynolds, Dick 385
Richards, Colonel Hugh 442, 459
after Kohima 411
courage 303
Dimapur 367
early life and family 180, 181
First World War 181, 183
Jessami 211–12, 213, 213n, 217–18
Jessami and Kharasom, rescinds ‘last man’ order and sends 161 Brigade to aide evacuation of 211–12, 213, 213n
John Young, on 216
Kohima, command of garrison 180–5, 222, 223, 224–5, 224n, 225, 226, 230–1, 238–9, 241, 244–7, 245n, 248, 250, 251, 252, 255, 257, 264, 267, 278, 279, 283, 299, 311, 319, 328, 335, 336, 344, 346, 352–3, 433–7
Kohima, visits men in trenches 303–4, 350
Kohima command, questions over 182–5, 244–7, 252, 433–7
Kohima garrison, assumes command of 180–5
Kohima withdrawal orders (‘202 Area Operation Instruction No. 3’) 224–5
Laverty and 244–7, 329, 433–7
Pawsey and 181, 182, 383
personality 180
post-war life 437
tactics 245, 304
Rino, Rhizotta 294
Roberts, Brigadier M. R. 435
Rommel, Erwin 62, 63, 64
Roosevelt, President Theodore xix, xx, 63, 77, 77n, 78–9, 80, 157, 171, 280, 369, 427
Royal Indian Air Force 325
Russia 4, 18, 109, 107, 109, 143, 422, 423
Rylah, Corporal E. 22
Ryuichi, General Shibata 394
Saito, Viscount Makoto 109
Sangnyu 56
Sangshak, battle of, 1944 193–5, 196–210, 233, 235, 258, 339
battle delays Japanese advance by six days 209
British retreat from 206–8
British underestimate strength of Japanese force 194–5, 201
casualties 198, 202–4, 209, 209n, 278, 291
command of, British 193–4, 206–7, 209–10
defences 193–4, 211
Japanese attack on 197–8, 199–200, 202–7, 288
prisoners, Japanese treatment of 208
strength of garrison 193, 193n, 194, 199
supply problems 193, 198–9, 200–1, 204, 207
Sato, Fumiko 143, 422
Sato, Goro xvi, 143–4, 145, 421, 422, 423
Sato, Haruyo 141–2
Sato, Lieutenant General Kotuku xv–xvi, 146, 153–4, 163, 212, 236, 249, 291, 350, 364, 459
advance into India, prepares for 153–4
appearance 144–5
army career xvi, 142–3
birth, childhood and family xv, 141–4, 145
Burma 144
Chindwin to Kohima march 153–4
death 423
Dimapur, reaction to order to attack 291–2
drinker 143–4, 421–2
funeral xxi, 422–3
Imphal attack, outlook on possibility of 156, 291, 316, 319
Kohima, siege of xv, xvi, 235, 236, 249, 272, 279, 283, 287, 289–90, 291–2, 305, 316, 317, 319, 327, 338, 339, 350, 353, 364, 370, 371, 373, 378, 389
Kohima, withdrawal from 154, 389–95, 396
Mutaguchi and 141, 154, 289–92, 316, 319, 370–1, 389, 390, 392–4, 370, 371, 392–4, 404–5, 423
post-war life 421–3
premonitions of defeat 317, 319
relieved of command xvi, 404–5
retreat from Kohima to Chindwin 396–404,
414
sanity of xvi, 404–5
75th Regiment command 142–3
Shudo Akiyama and 144–5
soldiers, relationship with xv–xvii, 164, 421, 422, 423, 424
supply problems, outlines 31st Division’s 146, 148–9, 154, 166, 319, 324, 389, 390
Sato, Major Misao 21
Sato, Shigehiko 141–2
Sato, Tetsutaro 142
Sato, Yukiko 422
Satoru, Sergeant Yanagi 376
Saville, Lieutenant Colonel F. S. 68–9, 92, 95
Saya San 8
Scheie, Captain 170
Scoones, General Geoffrey 157, 175, 184, 210, 280, 368, 384, 387n
SEAC
362
Seagrave, Dr Gordon 16
Seaman, Lieutenant Harry 193, 201, 202, 204, 207, 209, 209n, 210
Seki, Lance Corporal Tukuo 374, 375, 376
Sendai Military Academy 154
Senior, George 373–4, 377
Shan 3
Shaw, Major 259, 261, 297, 300
Sheldon’s Corner 194
shell-shock 60, 309, 331, 429
Shipster, Major John xxi, 89–90, 132, 382, 429–30, 447
Shipster, Michael xxi
Short, Major Douglas 304
Siddiqi, Captain M.Y. 301
Siege
(Campbell) 434, 435, 436
Singapore 1, 10, 12n, 17, 77, 78, 84, 85, 106, 111, 174, 183, 281, 282, 379, 428
Singh, Sepoy Gian 88–9, 132
Sinzweya 130, 130n
Sittang bridge 20–2
Sittang River 19–22, 412
Slim, Lieutenant General Sir William ‘Bill’ 71, 81, 85, 90, 93, 156, 280, 339, 365, 366, 369, 373, 381, 385, 408, 427, 458
Admin Box, on victory at 134
anticipation of Japanese plans 168–9, 184n, 201, 222, 223–4, 224n, 278, 279, 283, 290, 291, 386
appearance 24
Arakan, plans offensive in 76, 79, 83–4, 90, 91, 104, 111, 115–16
Assam Regiments/Rifles, visits and congratulates 362
Bower, meets and praises work of 364–5
Burma, advance into 411, 415
Burma Corps, takes command of 23
Burma defeat and retreat, learns from 23, 26–8
Calvert court martial, intervenes to prevent 25n
childhood 24
Comilla headquarters 175, 273, 278, 339, 364, 367
Defeat Into Victory
79n, 116–17, 168, 184n, 224n, 387n, 436
Dimapur, considers likelihood of attack on 222, 223–4, 224n, 278, 279, 283, 290, 291
Dimapur, visits 185, 187
Giffard and 416, 417
Grover sacking and 386, 387, 387n
Hope-Thomson, praise for 209, 209n
Imphal Plain, plan to withdraw from Imphal and lure Japanese onto 157, 175, 175n, 235, 387n
INA, on 87
Indian Army, advocates reform of 88
Indian Army, realises importance of 84
Japanese crossing of the Chindwin, reaction to 120
Japanese plan to defeat British power in India, on 116–17
Japanese solider, comments on 75
Japanese tactics, derides 292, 318
jungle warfare, philosophy of 83–4
Kohima, plans to make a stand at 185–6, 279
Kohima garrison, appoints command of 184
Kohima operation, confidence in 278–9
Laverty, on response to 435, 436
loved by men 23
monsoon, fights through 395
Mountbatten and 80
psychology of solider, realises importance of 28, 83, 309, 429–30, 431
resists urge to strike Japanese first 156–7
re-supplying forces from air, strategy of 133
retreat to India 24, 26–7
Richards, praise for 435, 436
Sato, criticism of 292, 423
underestimates size of Japanese force 168–9, 201, 211, 212
V Force, on importance of 49
waits for Mutaguchi attack 156–7
Smith, Captain (later Major) Harry 67–8, 73, 138, 241, 247, 329, 331–2, 353–4, 357, 410–11
Smith, Lance Corporal W. 22
Smith, Sir Reginald Dorman 4, 7, 16
Snelling, General Alf ‘The Grocer’ 81
snipers 126, 135, 201, 206, 216, 229, 230, 251, 254, 255, 256, 262, 263, 268, 269, 298, 303, 306, 309, 310, 312, 319, 329, 334, 338, 344, 354, 355, 358, 379
Society of Friends (Quakers) Ambulance Unit 26, 26n
Stalin, Joseph 63
Stanford, Graham 362, 363
Steele, Private 342
Steyn, Lieutenant Pieter 158, 183, 328–9, 332, 346, 442
Stilwell, General ‘Vinegar Joe’ xx, 78n, 111, 165n, 169, 368
Stopford, Lieutenant General Montagu George North 184
background 172
command of Dimapur area, assumes 172
Dimapur more likely target of Japanese attack, decides 222, 223–4, 224n, 279, 283, 290, 316, 386
drives on commanders 272, 278, 313, 339–40, 365–7, 377, 384–5, 386
fires Grover 384–5, 386, 387, 458
Grover and 173, 272, 278, 313, 339–40, 365–7, 377, 381, 384–7
Kohima, plan to drive Japanese from 338
Kohima, pulls troops from 223–4, 224n
Slim and 175, 222, 223–4, 224n, 377, 387
Strand Hotel, Rangoon 1–2, 9
Street, Private Ray: Arakan 121, 122, 123, 125, 127, 135, 176
background 99
battlefield messenger 98
Burma 411, 412–13, 417–18
homecoming 428–9
India, arrival in 72–3
Kohima, arrival at 241, 243
Kohima, relieved at 355, 356
Kohima, siege of 247, 248–9, 251, 260, 261, 271, 300, 331, 337, 343
Naga people, on appearance of 220
supply operations: Allied 23, 28, 45, 73, 80, 81, 82, 83–4, 94, 111, 113, 115–16, 122, 123, 128–30, 133, 134, 136, 157, 161, 193, 200, 201–2, 204–5, 224, 227, 236, 240, 245, 278, 283, 288, 290, 302, 303, 304, 317, 321, 322, 324, 339, 352, 357, 364, 368, 377, 407, 420
Japanese xvii, xviii, 112–13, 114, 115, 116, 117, 134, 140, 143, 146, 147–50, 151, 152, 154, 155, 157, 158, 162–3, 166–8, 198–9, 204, 209n, 215, 233–5, 238, 265, 288, 291, 292, 319–20, 326, 328, 337–8, 373, 376–7, 389, 390, 393, 394, 395, 396–8, 402, 404
Swinson, Captain Arthur 71–2, 186, 187–8, 213n, 222, 224n, 273, 274, 275, 284, 294–5, 350, 355–6, 370n, 380, 385
Symes, George 282
Tacon, Sergeant ‘Butch’ 260, 262–3, 269, 357, 432
Takahashi, Korekiyo 109
Takeda, Prince 115
Tanner, Ralph 27
Tazoe, Lieutenant General 149
Tenshu
109
Terauchi, Count 116, 117, 118, 119, 389, 395
Thailand 3, 4, 9–10, 12, 141, 147, 150, 152
Thailand-Burma railway 147
Thanan Nala 402
Thirlwell, Pilot Derek 321
Thomas, Ron 313–14
Thrussel, Ernie 240
Tillott, Major A. T. 434
Tobe, Ryoichi 391
Tochihira, Sergeant Major 399
Togawa, Lieutenant 288–9
Tojo, General Hideki 86, 110, 111, 116, 117, 118–19, 143, 391, 406
Tokita, Shiro 21
Tomaru, Lieutenant Chuzaburo 151–2, 214–15, 287, 319, 326, 372, 390, 396, 397, 402–3, 419–20