Military
"A most readable and much needed history of his regiment."
Tank Magazine
"This excellent book was first published in 1994 and a re-issue in paperback is welcome.
The letters which form the core of this book have been skillfully woven into a narrative which provides a model of regimental history, supported by orders of battle, a roll of those killed in Burma, recipients of awards of gallantry, battle honours etc. This fine book about a fine regiment is recommended without reserve."
DEKHO!
Some Letters From Burma
The Story of the 25th Dragoons at war (WW2)
by Tom Grounds
Foreword by Brig. H.M.H. Ley
Against a background of disastrous famine in Bengal and political stalemate in India, General Slim launched the campaign to recapture Burma from the Japanese and placed the 25th Dragoons in the forefront.
The Regiment and its 80 Lee/Grant tanks travelled secretly to Calcutta, embarked on landing craft and drove ashore in darkness near the Indo-Burmese border.
Tom Grounds, who was in B Squadron, quotes from his letters home, and from the papers of his CO and other sources, to describe the first major defeat of the Japanese in Burma and its immediate follow-up.
Price: £11.99
ISBN: 1-898594-81-3
Paperback, illustrated
265pp, 216mm x 138mm