Tag: Indians

Outnumbered Gurkhas absorbed a rapid Japanese advance, then turned the tide...

In one of the early Chindit operations, a supply drop meant to sustain the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade instead triggered a deadly confrontation with Japanese forces lying in wait.

For weeks the “Chindits” of the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade had been marching, living off the jungle, and harassing the Japanese wherever they were found.

Hollow Legions puts the Italians, the Ethiopians and the whole desert war in one box, with a revised Chapter F, board 25e and 53 scenarios from Ethiopia in 1935 to the Don.