Mad Mike A Life of Michael Calvert - Erstausgabe

1997, ISBN: 0850525438

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[EAN: 9780850525434], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: LEO COOPER, Barnsley], WORLD WAR 2 BURMA CHINDITS COURT MARTIAL, Biography & Autobiography|General, Biography & Autobiography|Military, Jack… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780850525434], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: LEO COOPER, Barnsley], WORLD WAR 2 BURMA CHINDITS COURT MARTIAL, Biography & Autobiography|General, Biography & Autobiography|Military, Jacket, MAD MIKE A Life of Brigadier Michael Calvert. David Rooney. Leo Cooper Publishing, London. 1997 First Edition. ISBN 0850525438 212pp Illustrated Hardback. James Michael Calvert DSO and Bar (6 March 1913 - 26 November 1998) was a British soldier involved in special operations in World War II. The degree to which he led very risky attacks in person led to his becoming widely known as "Mad Mike". When the war broke out, Calvert briefly commanded a detachment of Royal Engineers in the campaign in Norway, then trained Commando detachments in demolition techniques in Hong Kong and Australia. In Australia, along with F. Spencer Chapman, he assisted with training Australian commandos who formed the first Australian Army Independent Companies at Wilsons Promontory, Victoria in 1941. He was then appointed to command the Bush Warfare School in Burma, training officers and NCOs to lead guerilla bands in China for operations against the Japanese. The Japanese invaded Burma in early 1942. Calvert and others from the school raided Henzada by riverboat after the fall of Rangoon as a deception operation to convince the Japanese that Australian reinforcements had reached Burma. Calvert then spent a period of time touring Burma with Orde Wingate. After the Bush Warfare School closed, Calvert was sent with 22 men from the school and a few hundred men separated from their units to guard the Gokteik Viaduct thirty miles east of Maymyo. (The Allied Commander in Chief, General Archibald Wavell apparently hoped that Calvert would use his initiative and demolish it, in spite of orders from the civil government to keep it intact. For once, Calvert obeyed orders.) After retreating from the viaduct, Calvert participated in a deception operation involving the loss of a set of false papers to the Japanese. Calvert's unit finally retreated to India at the very rear of the army, often behind the Japanese lines. In India, he reunited with the equally unorthodox Wingate, and the two became firm friends. Calvert led one of the company-sized columns in Operation Longcloth, Wingate's first Chindit operation in 1943. This was a long-range penetration operation behind enemy lines, which put great demands on the endurance of all who took part. Calvert was awarded the DSO for his achievements on the operation. Calvert was then evacuated to Britain on medical grounds (ironically following an accidental injury) in September 1944. In March 1945 he was appointed to command the Special Air Service Brigade and held this appointment until the Brigade disbanded in October 1945. This copy is in Mint condition in a Mint unclipped dustwrapper. Ref P2 Size: 212pp<

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1997, ISBN: 0850525438

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[EAN: 9780850525434], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: LEO COOPER, Barnsley], WORLD WAR 2 BURMA CHINDITS COURT MARTIAL, Jacket, MAD MIKE A Life of Brigadier Michael Calvert. David Rooney. Leo Coo… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780850525434], Gebraucht, wie neu, [PU: LEO COOPER, Barnsley], WORLD WAR 2 BURMA CHINDITS COURT MARTIAL, Jacket, MAD MIKE A Life of Brigadier Michael Calvert. David Rooney. Leo Cooper Publishing, London. 1997 First Edition. ISBN 0850525438 212pp Illustrated Hardback. James Michael Calvert DSO and Bar (6 March 1913 - 26 November 1998) was a British soldier involved in special operations in World War II. The degree to which he led very risky attacks in person led to his becoming widely known as "Mad Mike". When the war broke out, Calvert briefly commanded a detachment of Royal Engineers in the campaign in Norway, then trained Commando detachments in demolition techniques in Hong Kong and Australia. In Australia, along with F. Spencer Chapman, he assisted with training Australian commandos who formed the first Australian Army Independent Companies at Wilsons Promontory, Victoria in 1941. He was then appointed to command the Bush Warfare School in Burma, training officers and NCOs to lead guerilla bands in China for operations against the Japanese. The Japanese invaded Burma in early 1942. Calvert and others from the school raided Henzada by riverboat after the fall of Rangoon as a deception operation to convince the Japanese that Australian reinforcements had reached Burma. Calvert then spent a period of time touring Burma with Orde Wingate. After the Bush Warfare School closed, Calvert was sent with 22 men from the school and a few hundred men separated from their units to guard the Gokteik Viaduct thirty miles east of Maymyo. (The Allied Commander in Chief, General Archibald Wavell apparently hoped that Calvert would use his initiative and demolish it, in spite of orders from the civil government to keep it intact. For once, Calvert obeyed orders.) After retreating from the viaduct, Calvert participated in a deception operation involving the loss of a set of false papers to the Japanese. Calvert's unit finally retreated to India at the very rear of the army, often behind the Japanese lines. In India, he reunited with the equally unorthodox Wingate, and the two became firm friends. Calvert led one of the company-sized columns in Operation Longcloth, Wingate's first Chindit operation in 1943. This was a long-range penetration operation behind enemy lines, which put great demands on the endurance of all who took part. Calvert was awarded the DSO for his achievements on the operation. Calvert was then evacuated to Britain on medical grounds (ironically following an accidental injury) in September 1944. In March 1945 he was appointed to command the Special Air Service Brigade and held this appointment until the Brigade disbanded in October 1945. This copy is in Mint condition in a Mint unclipped dustwrapper. Ref P2 Size: 212pp, Books<

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Melbourne: F W Cheshire, 1944. 188 pages, map. Prev owner's name with a date on the front pste-down. Red cloth boards in heavily edge-worn dust-jacket which has a creased rear cover and has lost its the lower front corner. 'Behind the Japanese lines in Burma -- an account of the most amazing military experiment in World War II.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. Large 8vo., F W Cheshire, 1944, Pen & Sword. Good in Good dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. Hardback; edge of pages yellowed otherwise good in scuffed dustjacket. ; Biography of Orde Wingate's Chindit commander, and commander of the Special Air Service Brigade during the Second World War. Illustrated. ; 211 pages ., Pen & Sword, 1997<

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Melbourne: F W Cheshire, 1944. 188 pages, map. Red cloth boards in heavily worn dust-jacket which has chips, tears, holes and creases, price clipped. 'Behind the Japanese lines in Bur… Mehr…

Melbourne: F W Cheshire, 1944. 188 pages, map. Red cloth boards in heavily worn dust-jacket which has chips, tears, holes and creases, price clipped. 'Behind the Japanese lines in Burma -- an account of the most amazing military experiment in World War II.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor. Large 8vo., F W Cheshire, 1944, Pen & Sword. Good in Good dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. Hardback; edge of pages yellowed otherwise good in scuffed dustjacket. ; Biography of Orde Wingate's Chindit commander, and commander of the Special Air Service Brigade during the Second World War. Illustrated. ; 211 pages ., Pen & Sword, 1997<

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