Fighting Mad
One Man's Guerrilla War
Published on 30. November 2004
208 pages
978-1-78383-482-2 (ISBN)
Description
Michael Calvert was one of the legendary figures of the Second World War. He hit the headlines as 'Mad Mike' after the first Chindit campaign in 1943, with a reputation as a tough and daring leader of guerrilla troops. He was one of the first men selected for the Chindits by the controversial General Orde Wingate. He became Wingate's right-hand man - both in fierce jungle fighting and in battles against stick-in-the-mud staff officers. His speciality was penetrating behind enemy lines. Mad Mike fought in the snow and ice of Norway, in the steaming jungles of Burma, and on the battlefields of Europe where in 1945 he commanded the crack Special Air Service Brigade.
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Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Author's Note
- 1 First Step to Adventure
- 2 My Coolie Army
- 3 Blooded in Shanghai
- 4 The 'Phoney Fifth'
- 5 Avalanche!
- 6 The British Guerrillas
- 7 Back to the East
- 8 Showboat Raid
- 9 Wingate
- 10 Calvert's Commandos
- 11 The Plans that Never Were
- 12 Kill, or be Killed
- 13 Babes in the Wood
- 14 Unfit for Heroes
- 15 The Lion and the Eagle
- 16 Chindits go to War
- 17 Ballyhoo
- 18 Birthday Party
- 19 Steel against Steel
- 20 The Headhunters
- 21 A Toast to Death
- 22 Vinegar Joe
- 23 Les Paras
- 24 East and West
- 25 Who Dares Wins
