History was repeating itself in the sawtooth mountains and jungled valleys of the Arakan where the Burma-India border touches the Bay of Bengal.
A year ago the British failed to take the strategic Akyab port and air base because they had not mastered Jap jungle tactics and turned them against the enemy. The 1944 campaign also seemed destined to be a bust unless Admiral the Lord Louis Mountbatten can draw to a full house before the monsoons begin in May.
The campaign had begun hopefully. British and Indian troops captured Maungdaw, close by the Burma-India border. Patrols moved south, following the...
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