WORLD WAR II; CBI THEATRE.

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Ramgarh: "Now It Can be Told." First edition, found in eight institutional libraries only, telling the story of Ramgarh's top secret Chinese-American Training Center, the first training camp run by the US on foreign soil. Conceived by Stilwell following the retreat from Burma, the centre drilled and equipped four crack Chinese divisions. These formed the core of Stilwell's hard-fought but successful advance through Burma in 1944.This extensively illustrated publication profiles Brigadier-General Frederick McCabe and other senior figures at the centre, as well as its rigorous jungle warfare training regimen and exercises to familiarize Chinese troops with cutting-edge US weaponry. A section at the end describes visits by VIPs, including Chiang Kai-Shek, Mountbatten, Lieutenant-General Sultan, and Stilwell himself.Copies are held by the US Army War College, US Army Center of Military History, Marshall Center for Security Studies, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Harvard, University of Georgia, Norwich University, and SOAS.

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