Trial By Battle (Paperback) - David Piper
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October 1941. Twenty-one-year-old Alan Mart is posted to India, and soon after the Japanese advance on Singapore is deployed to Malaya. What follows is a quietly shattering and searingly authentic depiction of the claustrophobia of jungle warfare and the futility of war.
October 1941. Twenty-one-year-old Alan Mart is posted to India and taken under the wing of the dogmatic, overbearing Acting-Captin Sam Holl. Following the Japanese advance on Singapore, the men are deployed to Malaya. What follows is a quietly shattering and searingly authentic depiction of the claustrophobia of jungle warfare and the futility of war.
About the Author
David Piper was perhaps best known as an art historian and director of the NPG, Fitzwilliam and Ashmolean museums. He served with the Indian Army during the Second World War, eventually becoming a Japanese prisoner of war for three years before his release in 1945. He was knighted in 1983.
- Contributor:
- David Piper
- Imprint:
- Imperial War Museum
- Publisher:
- Imperial War Museum
- Release Date:
- 05 Sep 2019
- Number of Pages:
- 176
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN13:
- 9781912423088
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