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A Japanese American soldier and his family. Original WRA caption: "T/4 Taniguchi visits his wife and daughter at the Minidoka Relocation Center before returning to his unit in the Pacific. Taniguchi volunteered for the Army in 1942 when he and his family were at Tule Lake before it became a segregation center. He served in the China-Burma-India theatre and served on load to General Wingate's "Chindites," a British unit fighting in the Burma Jungles of ten behind Japanese lines."

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Burma 1943: Verwundete bekamen eine tödliche Dosis oder den Gnadenschuss - WELT

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Burma 1943: Verwundete bekamen eine tödliche Dosis oder den Gnadenschuss - WELT

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Wingate's Lost Brigade: The First Chindit Operations 1943 :: Philip Chinnery

Wingate’s Lost Brigade: The First Chindit Operations 1943 :: Philip Chinnery

Wingate’s Lost Brigade: The First Chindit Operations 1943 :: Philip Chinnery soon to be presented for sale on the stupendous BookLovers of Bath web site! Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military, 2010, Hardback in dust wrapper. Includes: Order of battle; Black & white photographs; Maps (1); Roll of honour; Appendices (7); From the cover: Operation Longcloth took place in 1943, when the Far East was at the…

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sometimes historical figures really do get a reputation of myth and heroism, and Orde Wingate, creator of the Chindits and three-time DSO winner, certainly is one of those and then you fucking read about him drinking water out of a vase of flowers

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Israelischer General verreißt deutschen „Antisemitismus“-Beauftragten wegen der Verleumdung eines israelischen Helden

Israelischer General verreißt deutschen „Antisemitismus“-Beauftragten wegen der Verleumdung eines israelischen Helden

Top-Militär- und Geheimdienstexperten aus Israel, USA, Großbritannien drängen Michael Blume zurückzutreten, nachdem er den israelischen Helden Orde Wingate als Kriegsverbrecher bezeichnete. Benjamin Weinthal, Jerusalem Post, 1. August 2022 1943 war Brigadier Orde Wingate in Indien, nachdem er von Tätigkeiten mit seiner Chindits-Einheit im japanisch besetzten Burma zurückkehrte (Foto:…

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Los Chindits en Birmania Los chindit libraron una guerra de guerrillas en lo que probablemente fue el terreno y el clima más duros de toda la guerra. Fueron formados y dirigidos por el mayor general Orde Wingate, y lucharon en el norte de Birmania entre 1942 y 1944.. En febrero de 1942 el mariscal Wavell llamó al excéntrico coronel Orde Wingate a Birmania con la misión de organizar una guerra de guerrillas para oponerse a la invasión japonesa. https://www.instagram.com/p/CG0Ou57By36/?igshid=1i1aewsucbfhb

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4th May 2020 Lest we forget

Like an absolute idiot, I opened my diary to record this weekend’s events and noted that today was meant to be a Bank Holiday

Unfortunately it just needed a call to my eldest son to put me on the right track.

It’s now this coming Friday to help us celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE  Day or as it’s more normally called, Victory in Europe Day and the end of the Second World War in Europe.

My father was still serving in Burma with 194 squadron and supplying  Orde Wingate’s Chindits, who were still fighting the Japs.

Anyroadup, it’s Friday 8th May and we have a day off.

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© IWM (IND 2084) 'Chief Chindit' Brigadier Orde Wingate makes final plans before the beginning of the Chindits march behind Japanese lines into Burma during the 1942-43 dry season.

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February 8

1924:  The gas chamber is used for the first time to execute a murderer.

1942:  The Japanese land on Singapore.

1943:  British General Orde Wingate leads a guerrilla force of “Chindits” against the Japanese in Burma.

1952:  Elizabeth becomes Queen of England after her father, King George VI, dies.

1962:  The U.S. Defense Department reports the creation of the Military Assistance Command in South Vietnam.

Source: historynet.com

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Army social media psyops bods struggling to attract fresh blood

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‘We have no recruiting targets,’ says indignant MoD spin doctor Army social media psyops unit 77 Brigade is struggling to reel in new government cyber-warriors in spite of a recruitment publicity blitz last year, according to the Ministry of Defence. The “brigade” – in reality a unit slightly smaller than an infantry battalion, with a target manning strength of 448 people – is under strength by about 40 per cent, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.

Of those 448, 182 of them are supposed to be full-time soldiers, sailors and airmen, while 266 are part-time reservists bringing in specialist skills from the civilian world. A fortnight ago the unit, known as the Security Assistance Group (SAG) until July 2015, had only 276 personnel on its books. Just 123 of those were reservists, meaning 77 Bde has a shortfall of 29 regulars and 143 reserves. In the last year just 125 soldiers were recruited to 77 Bde, or posted into it from elsewhere in the Army. The unit forms part of the government’s wider efforts to tackle hostile use of social media by, among others, Islamist terrorists, Russian hackers and state-backed fake news and propaganda agencies such as Russia Today (RT) and Iran’s Press TV. In addition, it is also supposed to engage in the dark arts of destabilising Britain’s foes by starting whispering campaigns among their supporters and potential supporters. The SAG was formed in 2014 to combine the Army’s Media Operations Group, 15 (UK) Psychological Operations Group, the Security Capacity Building Team and the Military Stabilisation and Support Group. It was rebranded 77 Brigade after 18 months when someone inside the MoD thought it would be a good idea to link them with Brigadier Orde Wingate’s famous guerrilla unit the Chindits, who fought hundreds of miles behind Japanese lines in the Far East during the Second World War. 77 Bde maintains small Facebook and Twitter presences in its own name. The modern-day 77 Bde is split into six “columns”, of which the fifth column is the media ops and civil affairs sub-unit – perhaps a military bureaucrat’s little joke. “I can confirm that the Army is pleased with the rate of growth of the Brigade and that it is attracting trained personnel of the right knowledge, skill and experience required for its roles,” insisted an MoD spin doctor in the ministry’s response to the original FoI request.

The response also claimed that 77 Bde has “no set recruiting targets”. “The shortfall in the reserve numbers is partly due to the recent increase in liability… but is, in the main, due to the fact 77 Brigade is a new formation and it takes time for this capability to be built up,” he added. ® Sponsored: Next gen cybersecurity. Visit The Register’s security hub

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Chindit Memorial: WW2 ‘forgotten army’ tribute given listed status

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Image caption The Chindit Memorial in Victoria Embankment Gardens became first unveiled in 1990

A memorial to infantrymen within the “forgotten navy” of World Battle Two has been given listed reputation.

The Chindit Memorial in Victoria Embankment Gardens in Westminster shall be given Grade II checklist to be conscious 75 years since Imperial Japan surrendered.

The special forces unit fought in contemporary-day Myanmar and helped to turn the tide of the battle in opposition to Japan.

The authorities called the memorial a “fitting tribute to all who served within the A long way East”.

There shall be a unfold of events held across the world on Saturday to be conscious the 75th anniversary of Victory in Japan Day (VJ Day) and the tip of World Battle Two.

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Image caption The team had been named after Chinthe, a mythical guardian of temples in Myanmar, also viewed on their crest

Heritage Minister Nigel Huddleston mentioned: “As we come collectively this weekend to be conscious 75 years since Victory over Japan Day, we must always not omit the sacrifices of the 2d World Battle era.

“We are holding and holding sites so that future generations can accumulate out about this vital interval of our history.”

The team had been named after Chinthe, a mythical guardian of temples in Myanmar – at the time identified as Burma.

The Chindits made out of troops from the UK, Burma, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, West Africa and the USA.

They engaged the Jap within the abet of enemy lines in Burma and specialised in navigating extraordinarily refined jungle terrain.

Image copyright Historic England

Image caption Fundamental Fashioned Orde Wingate formed the Chindits for raiding operations in opposition to the Imperial Jap Arm

Squaddies who fought all over the Myanmar campaign possess normally been most regularly known because the “forgotten navy” as their efforts had been largely overpassed by contemporary press.

The Duke of Edinburgh unveiled the memorial, a bronze Chinthe statue supported on a stone plinth, in 1990.

On the front plinth of the memorial is the blue enamel crest of the Chindits Affiliation, as effectively as a portrait of the groups founder, Fundamental Fashioned Orde Wingate.

A separate memorial is housed within the Nationwide Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.

Claudia Kenyatta, director of areas at Historic England, mentioned: “Memorials that commemorate the Allied forces battling within the A long way East are surprisingly rare in England.

“We are pleased that the memorial to the Chindit Particular Forces in Burma has been listed.”

Grade II listed structures are idea about to be of “special historical ardour”.

There are strict regulations on desire or alter listed structures.

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Il generale nudo

Sembra impossibile ma…

Questa è una storia vera. La storia di un generale ingegnoso, violento, temerario. Che andava in giro nudo con una cuffia per doccia in testa, e nudo riceveva nei suoi alloggi graduati, politici e dignitari, mangiucchiando cipolle crude che teneva appese al collo.

Orde Charles Wingate nasce nel 1903 a Naini Tal in India da una famiglia di militari britannici. Brillante stratega, costruisce la sua fama sul campo in Israele (1936), nella campagna d’Etiopia (1941) e in Birmania (1944). Attua tattiche di guerriglia, addestra squadre speciali (la Gideon Force in Etiopia, i Chindits in Birmania) con cui realizza incredibili azioni spesso basate su astuzie e bluff, e vince battaglie anche in minoranza di 12 a 1. Dapprima filoarabo, diventerà una bandiera del sionismo, sterminatore spietato di arabi. Churchill, impressionato dalla sua audacia, lo convoca e in un primo momento ne resta tanto colpito da affidargli missioni segrete. Conoscendolo meglio, dirà di lui “E’ troppo matto per l’alto comando”. Wingate muore nel marzo 1944: il B-25 che lo riporta in Birmania si schianta al suolo, le cause restano un mistero. Lascia la moglie Lorna e un figlio che nascerà sei settimane dopo la sua morte. E’ sepolto nel cimitero di Arlington negli Stati Uniti, e in Israele ogni città ha una strada che porta il suo nome.

��Per quanto i miei critici mi trovino discutibile, – dirà una volta il generale - è perché io sono quello che sono che vinco battaglie”. Ma chi è Orde Charle Wingate? Certo non un tipo comune. I più lo considerano semplicemente pazzo, e lui non fa niente per smentirli. Burbero e sgarbato per natura, porta sempre con se una Bibbia in ebraico e le opere di Jane Austen; in Israele in preda a crisi mistiche vaga sul monte Tabor cantando a squarciagola i salmi; affascinato dalla figura del re persiano Cambise, tenta inutilmente di ritrovarne i resti, e per emularne lo stile di vita rinuncia alle più elementari norme igieniche. Mangia agli e cipolle crude in quantità. Riceve gli ospiti anche illustri completamente nudo, e di tanto in tanto per scacciare le mosche li colpisce con un asciugamano bagnato. E a chi gli chiede il perché, risponde “Come Cambise”.

Un giornalista della Reuters lo descrive così: “E’ uno dei capi più spietati che io abbia mai incontrato. Non ha paura di niente, non è mai stanco ed è molto strano. Non cura il proprio aspetto e non si preoccupa minimamente di lavarsi. Le sue uniche abluzioni consistono, le rare volte che incontra qualche pozzanghera nel calarsi i pantaloni e mettere le terga a rinfrescarsi nell'acqua”.

 Dal blog "L'arte di realizzare l'impossibile"- http://www.artedirealizzarelimpossibile.com/blog

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New Commander for 77th Brigade

New Commander for 77th Brigade

Alastair Aitken Steps Down as CO of British Army’s ‘Twitter Troops’

The commander of the 77th Brigade, Brigadier Aitken, has announced his decision to leave the British Army. Brig. Aitken was responsible for creating the 77th Brigade and leading it through its formative years. Referred to in the Press as ‘Twitter troops‘ or ‘Facebook warriors‘, Brig. Aitken described the Brigade on his LinkedIn…

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Wine Branding: Unforgettable or Unforgivable?

Wine Branding: Unforgettable or Unforgivable?

https://www.wine-searcher.com © i-Stock | Natural wine is as much a position statement as a style of wine. Are some winemakers controversial for the sake of being controversial? Oliver Styles examines how wine is positioned. Posted Friday, 01-Sep-2017 Major-General Orde Wingate is a famous figure in British military history. Most known for his role in the creation and running of the Chindits – a…

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John Leslie Coogan (October 26, 1914 – March 1, 1984) aka Jackie Coogan, American actor who began as a child actor in silent films. He enlisted in the US Army in 1941, as a glider pilot and volunteered for hazardous duty with the 1st Air Commando Group. In December 1943, the unit was sent to India. He flew British troops, the Chindits, under General Orde Wingate on March 5, 1944, landing them at night in a small jungle clearing 100 miles behind Japanese lines in the Burma campaign. http://amzn.to/2qJyOXO #jackiecoogan #vintagehollywood @deadmoviestars — view on Instagram http://bit.ly/2rJIoPa