The War Against Japan Volume IV The Reconquest of BurmaPDF电子书下载

CHAPTER Ⅰ．PLANNING FOR THE 1944-45 CAMPAIGN 1

CHAPTER Ⅱ．THE ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND (August 1944) 15

CHAPTER Ⅲ．ARMY AND AIR FORCE REORGANIZATION (June-December 1944) 25

CHAPTER Ⅳ．＇CAPITAL＇ ANTICIPATED (August-October 1944) 39

CHAPTER Ⅴ．JAPANESE PLANS (July-October 1944) 53

CHAPTER Ⅵ．THE PACIFIC (August-October 1944) The Approach to the Philippines 63

CHAPTER Ⅶ．THE PACIFIC (Octoer-December 1944) The Battle for Leyte 73

CHAPTER Ⅷ．THE PACIFIC (December 1944-March 1945) The Reoccupation of Luzon 89

CHAPTER Ⅸ．PLANNING FOR THE ADVANCE INTO BURMA (August-November 1944) 101

CHAPTER Ⅹ．REORGANIZATION IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA (November-December 1944) 113

CHAPTER Ⅺ．EVENTS IN CHINA AND THEIR EFFECT ON S．E．A．C．(November-December 1944) 121

CHAPTER Ⅻ．THE ARAKAN FRONT (October 1944-January 1945) 135

CHAPTER ⅩⅢ．THE NORTHERN ADN SALWEEN FRONTS (October-December 1944) 143

CHAPTER ⅩⅣ．THE CENTRAL FRONT (October-December 1944) 14th Army Crosses the Chindwin 149

CHAPTER ⅩⅤ．THE CENTRAL FRONT (December 1944) Slim Changes his Plan 163

CHAPTER ⅩⅥ．THE CENTRAL FRONT (December 1944-January 1945) The Advance to the Irrawaddy 171

CHAPTER ⅩⅦ．THE NORTHERN AND SALWEEN FRONTS (December 1944-January 1945) 191

CHAPTER ⅩⅧ．HIGH LEVEL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PLANS (December 1944-January 1945) 199

CHAPTER ⅩⅨ．THE ARAKAN FRONT (January-February 1945) and EVENTS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN (August 1944-February 1945) 211

CHAPTER ⅩⅩ．JAPAN RECONSIDERS HER STRATEGY (January 1945) 225

CHAPTER ⅩⅪ．THE PACIFIC (February-March 1945) The Capture of Iwojima 235

CHAPTER ⅩⅫ．STRATEGIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE PLANNING (February 1945) 241

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢ．THE CENTRAL FRONT (February-March 1945) The Crossing of the Irrawaddy and the Capture of Meiktila 253

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅣ．THE NORTHERN FRONT (February-March 1945) 275

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤ．THE CENTRAL FRONT (5th-15th March 1945) The Battles of Meiktila and Mandalay 283

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ．THE CENTRAL FRONT (16th-31st March) The Battles of Meiktila and Mandalay 297

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅦ．THE END OF N．C．A．C．(March 1945) 315

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅧ．PLANNING FOR THE CAPTURE OF RANGOON (March-April 1945) 321

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅨ．THE ARAKAN FRONT (February-April 1945) The Coast and Bay of Bengal Cleared,＇Dracula＇ Mounted 341

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩ．THE CENTRAL FRONT (1st-12th April 1945) The Capture of Pywabwe and the Advance towards Yenangyaung 355

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅪ. THE CENTRAL FRONT (April-May1945)The Battie of the Irrawaddy 369

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅫ. THE CENTRAL FRONT (April-May1945)The Battie of the Rangoon Road and the Reoccupation of Rangoo 381

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅢ．AIR WARFARE IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA (August 1944-May 1945) 401

CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩⅣ．RETROSPECT 415

INDEX 525

APPENDIX 1．The Chain of Command,South-East Asia,20th June 1944 437

APPENDIX 2．Allied Oil Pipelines Completed,under Construction and Projected,August 1944 438

APPENDIX 3．The Principles of Joint Land/Air Action Defined by the Supreme Commander,South-East Asia,17th June 1944． 439

APPENDIX 4．Outlien Order of Battle of Air Command,South-East Asia,12th December 1944 441

APPENDIX 5．The Organization of Eastern Air Command,August 1944 and 12th December 1944 446

APPENDIX 6．Distances by Air from Air Bases in Assam,Eastern Bengal and Arakan to Principal Points in Central and Southern Burma 447

APPENDIX 7．The Distribution of the Japanese Army and Army Air Forces in August 1944,Showing Changes up to 31st January 1945 448

APPENDIX 8．Skeleton Order of Battle of Burma Area Army,15th November 1944 452

APPENDIX 9．Japanese Merchant Navy Gains and Losses of Vessels over 500 tons,December 1941-August 1945 455

APPENDIX 10．Japanese Naval Order of Battle,25th October 1944 457

APPENDIX 11．Proposed maintenance and Forward Stocking Programme for ＇Capital＇,including R．A．F．Requirements,August 1944 458

APPENDIX 12．Revised Chain of Command,South-East Asia,Resulting from Changes Introduced between 12th November and 4th December 1944 459

APPENDIX 13．The Assessment by 14th Army of Aircraft Required and the Airlift Available from 16th December 1944 to 15th May 1945,as Calculated on 11th December 1944 460

APPENDIX 14．The Cost of the Monsoon Campaign 461

APPENDIX 15．The Redeployment of Transport Squadrons of C．C．T．F．in support of 14th Army and XV Corps,December 1944-May 1945 462

APPENDIX 16．The Build-up of the Inland Water Transport Service on the Chindwin in 1945 464

APPENDIX 17．Composition of the Japanese 3rd Air Army,November 1944-April 1945 470

APPENDIX 18．Outline Orders of Battle,Land Forces S．E．A．C．,September 1944-May 1945 472

APPENDIX 19．Maintenance by Air of 14th Army during Phases 2 and 3 of ＇Extended Capital＇,January-March 1945 496

APPENDIX 20．Deception Scheme ＇Cloak＇,25th January 1945 501

APPENDIX 21．Grouping of 14th Army for the Advance to Rangoon,March 1945 506

APPENDIX 22．Air Deliveries to 14th Army and XV Corps,January-May 1945 508

APPENDXI 23．Maintenance of 14th Army during Phases 4 of ＇Extended Capital＇,April-May 1945 513

APPENDIX 24．14th Army＇s Estimate of the Supply Position from March to May 1945,and Actual Deliveries in Tons a Day 517

APPENDIX 25．Tonnages Delivered to China Theatre,August 1944-June 1945 518

APPENDIX 26．The Supply of Petrol,Oil and Lubricants to 14th Army and 221 Group R．A．F．,January-May 1945 519

APPENDIX 27．Code Names Used in the Text 521