The British Army in the Far East 1941

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Acknowledgements and image credits

I would like to thank Mike Taylor, Dr Daniel Marston and my editor, Nikolai Bogdanovic, for all their help. I am particularly indebted to my MPhil supervisor, Dr Tim Moreman, for all his advice and help over the last few years. Finally thank you to my family, Lorraine and Michael.

The photographs marked IWM are courtesy of the Imperial War Museum, and can be ordered from the IWM’s Film and Photograph Archive in London.

Author’s note

In the tree diagrams and maps in this volume, the units and forces are distinguished by the following colours:

British	Brown
Japanese	Red
Indian	Blue
Australian	Green
African	Orange
Indian State Forces, Malays, and Burmese	Grey

For a key to the symbols used in this volume, see below.

Front cover main image A British Army corporal advances cautiously at Ngakyedyauk Pass, with his SMLE rifle at the ‘port’. (Martin Brayley)