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SUPPLEMENT
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The London Gazzette
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OF TUESDAY, the 20th of APRIL, 1948
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Registered as a newspaper
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THURSDAY, 22 APRIL, 1948
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OPERATIONS IN THE INDIA COMMAND
FROM 1st JANUARY 1943 TO 20th JUNE 1943
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PREFACE BY THE WAR OFFICE SINCE the conclusion of hostilities with Japan, certain Japanese documents, handed over to the Headquarters of the 1st Army in Burma after the Japanese surrender have been examined. It has been established from these documents, that the Japanese plan of operations in Burma for the winter 1942-43, was to make an offensive into India against the oilfield at Tinsukia via the Hukawng Valley, and with another force to capture Imphal and then Dimapur, in order to cut off any Allied Troops in the Tinsukia area and to occupy Northern Assam. A Japanese document gives as the reasons why these plans were not put into effect, first the Allied offensive in Arakan and secondly the penetration of Brigadier Wingate's 77th Brigade into Northern Burma. By Japanese admissions, Field Marshal Viscount Wavell's operations, described in this Despatch, accomplished their main purpose, which was by offensive action to keep the Japanese forces engaged and thereby prevent an offensive into India at a time when India was unprepared.
The following Despatch was submitted to the Secretary of, State for War on 27th June, 1944, by FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT WAVELL, G.C.B., C.M.G., M.C , A.D.C., Commander-in-Chief, India.
1. This despatch deals with the operations and general situation in the India Command from January 1st to June 20th, 1943, the date on which I ceased to be Commander-in-Chief in India. It includes an account of the fighting in Arakan and in Upper Burma during the first half of 1943, and of the planning and preparations which took place during the same period for the campaigning season of 1943-44.
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Despatch
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 I. PLANS FOR FIRST HALF OF 1943
II. OPERATIONS IN ARAKAN
III. SUPPORT BY R.I.N. AND R.A.F
IV. OPERATIONS IN NORTHERN BURMA
V. OPERATIONS OF 77th INDIAN INFANTRY BRIGADE (WINGATE'S FORCE)
VI. OPERATIONS IN N.-E. BURMA
VII. OPERATIONS OF R.I.N.
VIII. AIR OPERATIONS
IX. ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORT
X. MEDICAL
XI. FOOD SUPPLIES
XII. CEYLON AND OCEAN BASES (ADDU ATOLL, DIEGO GARCIA, COCOS SLANDS)
XIII. INTERNAL SITUATION
XIV. PLANNING FOR FUTURE OPERATIONS
XV. GENERAL REMARKS
XVI. THE SOLDIER.
APPENDIX A - SKELETON ORDER OF BATTLE
APPENDIX B - G.H.Q. OPERATION INSTRUCTION No. 19.
MAP OF BURMA
MAP OF THE AKYAB AREA
MAP OF SOUTH EAST ASIA
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