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Medals of Chindit WWII hero who led jungle ambush in Burma leaving 25 Japanese enemy fighters dead are set to fetch up to £16,000

Captain Harry Marshall marched his men over rugged terrain in Burma to reach the retreating Japanese during the 1944 Far East campaign.

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National Memorial Arboretum marks 80th anniversary of war operation

Veterans gather to remember the bravery of the Chindit soldiers in Burma during World War Two.

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Richard Hilder, officer who had a narrow escape when a bullet hit his water bottle during Chindit operations in Burma – obituary

Hilder’s six months in the jungle had left him with one thought: ‘I will never have anything so bloody awful in my life again’

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John Riggs, officer who led a platoon of Chindits through thick Burma jungle as part of Operation Thursday – obituary

The platoon slowly carved a path through through dense bamboo, thorn and scrub and used elephant tracks to move more quickly

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Orde Wingate and His Unorthodox Campaign Against the Japanese

Some portray Wingate as a visionary unconventional warrior; others as an unstable man. Regardless, he and his Chindits became the terror of the Japanese.

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