PRASAD, Bisheshwar (ed.).

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The Reconquest of Burma. First editions, Volume II with a typed letter signed from the editor presenting the copy to Lieutenant-General Sir Montagu Stopford, commander of 33 Indian Corps under Field Marshal Slim. Knighted in the field following the victory at Kohima, Stopford was placed in overall command in Burma and accepted the Japanese surrender at Rangoon. He has index entries in both works.The editor, Bisheshwar Prasad, served as the director of the Combined Inter-Services Historical Section. His letter, dated November 1959, is accompanied by his compliments slip.

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