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compensation. He left for Cairo and wrote an official report which was extremely critical of his commanders, fellow officers, government officials, and many others. He was also angry that his efforts had not been praised by authorities and that he had been forced to leave
Abyssinia without saying farewell to Emperor Selassie. He was most concerned about British attempts to stifle Ethiopian freedom, writing that attempts to raise future rebellions amongst populations must be honest ones and should appeal to justice.
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British general from that war produced such starkly polarized interpretations. The Chindit operations have been presented as either costly operations that achieved nothing or inspired operations that tied down Japanese troops that could have been used in the invasion of India. In Britain, the two opposing tendencies has been for historians to portray him either as a mentally unstable, delusional figure operating well beyond his level of competence as in official works by
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that all remains in such cases be returned to the United States for final burial. Negotiations with the U.K. and other
Commonwealth governments led to an agreement that when group burials contained a majority of British remains, final disposition would be determined by the British. If the majority of the remains were American, all remains in the group would be returned to the U.S. for burial. Prior consultation with family members was prohibited in either case.
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events on the ground resulted in cancellation of the army offensive, leaving the long-range penetration groups without a means of transporting all six brigades into Burma. Upon
Wingate's return to India, he found that his mission had also been cancelled for lack of air transport. Wingate took the news bitterly, voicing disappointment to all who would listen, including Allied commanders such as Colonel
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again highly critical of the army and even some of his own officers and men. He also promoted more unorthodox ideas such as the idea that
British soldiers had become weak by having too easy access to doctors in civilian life. The report was again passed through back channels by Wingate's political friends in London directly to Churchill. The Prime Minister then invited Wingate to London for talks.
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army offensive in progress. They finally agreed to retrace their steps to the
Irrawaddy, since the Japanese would not expect this, and then disperse to make attacks on the enemy as they returned to the Chindwin. By mid-March, the Japanese had three infantry divisions chasing the Chindits, who were eventually trapped inside the bend of the
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on a string around his neck, which he would occasionally bite into as a snack (the reason he used to give for this was to ward off mosquitoes). He often went about without clothing. In
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Imperial Japanese Army did not have Western-style supply lines to disrupt, and tended to ignore logistics generally. When Special Force launched itself into Burma in March 1944, Wingate’s ideas, so enchantingly laid out for
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British and Indian army questioned the overall value of the Chindits. The campaign had the unintended effect of convincing the Japanese that certain sections of the Burma/India Frontier were not as
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Italian forts and their supply lines with the aid of local resistance fighters, while regular army units took on the main Italian army. A small force of no more than 1,700 men took the surrender of about 20,000 Italians toward the end of the campaign. At the end of the fighting,
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in April 1934) and the Sudan Survey Department, the expedition set off in January 1933. Although they did not find the oasis, Wingate saw the expedition as an opportunity to test his endurance in a very harsh physical environment, and also his organisational and leadership abilities. He concluded his
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as the new commander. Wavell intended that the two brigades would operate in tandem with one engaged on operations while the other trained and prepared for the next operation. However, once back in India, Wingate was promoted to acting major general and was given six brigades. This involved breaking
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titled "AMOK" features a highly fictional take on Wingate's legacy in which his death was "a bit of a charade ... and a devilishly clever one at that". While exploring in Borneo, the Quest clan come across a mysterious valley and native village headed by Orde Wingate II, a fictionalized son of
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Wingate had counted on, Cochran explained that 1st Air Commando had 150 gliders to haul supplies: "Wingate’s dark eyes widened as Phil explained that the gliders could also move a sizable force of troops. The general immediately spread a map on the floor and planned how his Chindits, airlifted deep
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meeting on 17 August. Air power, radio, and recent developments in warfare would allow units to establish bases deep in enemy territory, breaching the outer defences, and extend the range of conventional forces. The leaders were impressed, and larger scale deep-penetration attacks were approved. By
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rivers and actively patrolling the river banks. The force returned to India by various routes during the spring of 1943 in groups ranging from single individuals to whole columns: some directly, others via a roundabout route from China, and always harassed by the Japanese. Casualties were high, and
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Slim ordered that the operation was to go ahead. Wingate then ordered that 77 Brigade would fly into "Chowringhee". Both Cochran and Calvert objected, as "Chowringhee" was on the wrong side of the Irrawaddy and Cochran's pilots were not familiar with the layout. Eventually, "Broadway" was selected
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Wingate had forbidden continuous reconnaissance of the landing sites to avoid compromising the security of the operation, but Cochran ordered a last-minute reconnaissance flight which showed "Piccadilly" to be completely obstructed with logs. By Slim's account, Wingate became highly emotional and
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by drinking water from a flower vase in a Cairo hotel while on his way back to India. Doctors were shocked as it was drummed into every serviceman that they should never use such a source as drinking water. His illness prevented him from taking a more active role in training of the new long-range
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as a side-effect if taken in high dosages. Wingate was already depressed by the official response to his Abyssinian command, and he was also sick with malaria; he attempted suicide by stabbing himself in the neck. Only prompt action by another officer saved him, and he was sent to Britain to
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as a day boy. He did not board at the school nor did he participate in the activities of a public school education. Instead, he was kept busy at home by his parents, who encouraged their children to tackle challenging projects which fostered independent thought, initiative and self-reliance.
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mercilessly. Wingate believed in the principle of surprise in punishment, which was designed to confine the gangs to their villages. More than once he had lined rioters up in a row and shot them in cold blood. Wingate did not try to justify himself; weapons and war cannot be pure.
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were close to winning in the Pacific, Wingate decided to lie low and live out the rest of his life peacefully in the valley, and so faked the plane crash leading to his apparent demise. In order to protect the valley from intruders, he created the identity of the Amok, a savage
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The General Wingate School, on the western city limit of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, commemorates Orde Wingate's contribution (along with the Gideon Force and the Ethiopian Patriots) to the liberation of Ethiopia in 1941, following the defeat of the Italian forces in that country.
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Wingate employed various forms of torture against the Arabs, some non-lethal. Wingate would force sand into villagers' mouths until they vomited. In one case, when Arab saboteurs had caused an oil leak, he took all the men from an Arab village and threw them into a pool of
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calling him "quite mad, and perhaps a sadist, too" and a war criminal. Oren has accused Segev of maligning Wingate, arguing that Segev has "edited" accounts by contemporaries to imply that Wingate was present at incidents in Palestine when he was in London at the time.
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in March 1942, and he was ordered to organise guerrilla units to fight behind Japanese lines. However, the precipitate collapse of Allied defences in Burma forestalled further planning, and he flew back to India in April where he began to promote his ideas for jungle
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early in his army career in India; at the age of 46, after wooing her for 20 years, he married (Mary) Ethel (1867–1943), the oldest daughter of the Orde Browne family, who were also Plymouth Brethren. His father retired from the army two years after Wingate was born.
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The original 1943 Chindit operation was supposed to be a coordinated plan with the field army, but the Army's offensive into Burma was cancelled. Wingate then persuaded Wavell to let him proceed into Burma anyway, arguing the need to disrupt any Japanese attack on
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as the adjutant of the 71st (West Riding) Field Brigade, a Territorial Army unit of the Royal Artillery, with the temporary rank of captain. He was promoted to the substantive rank of captain on 16 May 1936, and vacated his appointment as adjutant on 8 September.
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and was heavily involved in retraining, as British artillery units were being mechanised. On the sea voyage from Egypt he met Lorna Moncrieff Patterson, who was 16 years old and travelling with her mother. They were married two years later, on 24 January 1935.
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in Palestine that his superiors considered him compromised as an intelligence officer in the country. He was promoting his own agenda rather than that of the army or the government. In May 1939, he was transferred to Britain. Wingate became a hero of the
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On 24 March 1944, Wingate flew to assess the situations in three Chindit-held bases in Burma. On his return, he agreed to allow two British war correspondents' request for a lift even though the pilot protested that the plane was overloaded. Flying from
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of the 1st Air Commando Group, which proved to be a blessing in disguise. Cochran told Wingate that cancelling the long-range mission was unnecessary; only a limited amount of aerial transport would be needed since, in addition to the light planes and
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on the villagers. This included killing innocent Arabs who happened to be in the village but were not involve in blowing up the pipeline. In another instance, the SNS went into a village, lined up all the male villagers and shot every eighth man.
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to his tent while completely naked. Wavell's political connections and patronage protected him from closer scrutiny, for he admired Wingate's work in the Abyssinian campaign, but Wingate remained the regimental gadfly always ready to flout the
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began. He repeatedly made proposals to the army and government for the creation of a Jewish army in Palestine which would rule over the area and its Arab population in the name of the British. His friend Wavell was commander-in-chief of
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soon after this and sought treatment from a local doctor instead of army medical staff because he was afraid that the illness would give his detractors a further excuse to undermine him. This doctor gave him a large supply of the drug
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in 1938. In September 1938, after a rebel mine killed the Jewish leader of Ein Harod settlement, Chaim Sturman, Wingate let out a "cry, more a scream than an order" and carried out a reprisal operation on the Arab quarter of
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insisted that the operation had been betrayed, and that the Japanese would have set up ambushes on the other two landing sites. He passed the responsibility for ordering the operation to proceed or to be cancelled to Slim.
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since you do not even know the elementary use of bayonets when attacking dirty Arabs: how can you put your left foot in front?" But the brutal tactics proved effective in quelling the uprising, and Wingate was awarded the
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or on "Broadway", but Calvert's brigade soon made the landing ground fit to take aircraft, and sent the success signal. It was later found that the logs on "Piccadilly" had been laid there to dry by Burmese teak loggers.
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of senior students, all of whom wielded a knotted towel which was used to hit the accused on his journey along the line. On reaching the end, the first-year would then be thrown into an icy-cold cistern of water.
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after a regular Army career in the Royal Artillery and became the regiment's commanding officer and later regimental colonel. He died in 2000 at the age of 56, and was survived by his wife and two daughters.
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the true man. It is explained that during the course of the Second World War, Wingate had come across the valley and befriended the people indigenous to it. Finished with the war and knowing that the
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and Woodburn Kirby or alternatively as a visionary, a leader of men noted for his audacity, courage and toughness as in works by Charles Rolo, Bernard Fergusson, Wilfred Burchett, and Leonard Mosley.
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In a tribute to Wingate, Churchill called him "one of the most brilliant and courageous figures of the second world war ... a man of genius who might well have become also a man of destiny".
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to enquire if there were any chance of employing Wingate in the Far East. Wingate was far from pleased with his posting as a "supernumerary major without staff grading", but he left Britain for
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In June 1927, with Cousin Rex's encouragement, Wingate obtained six months' leave in order to mount an expedition in the Sudan. Rex had suggested that he travel via Cairo and then try to obtain
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by Christopher Sykes. In Ethiopia, Wingate is remembered as liberator from the Italian occupation. In Israel, Wingate's role in creating and leading the SNS, which became the prototype of the
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Wavell was intrigued by Wingate's theories and gave him the (Indian) 77th Infantry Brigade, from which he created a jungle long-range penetration unit. 77 Brigade was eventually named the
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argued that special forces in general had an overall negative effect on the prosecution of war by separating the best-trained and most committed troops from the main army. However, Sir
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between 1899 and 1916 and high commissioner of Egypt from 1917 to 1919, had a considerable influence on Wingate's career. He gave him a positive interest in Middle East affairs and in
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ordered Indonesian units to carry out 'Wingate' actions by penetrating into enemy lines and setting up pockets of resistance during the closing stages of the revolution in 1948.
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units. "Never ask favours", he recalled from his long association with Wavell, "but tell people if they care to help they can come along, that you yourself are going anyway".
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by Avraham Akavia. By contrast, Palestinian historians portrayed Wingate very negatively as a thuggish fanatic who terrorized Palestinian villages during the Arab Revolt.
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In December 1949, the remains of Wingate and the other victims of the airplane crash were removed from Imphal Military Cemetery. On November 10, 1950, they were buried at
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transport aircraft. Three landing sites, codenamed "Piccadilly", "Broadway" and "Chowringhee" were selected. On the evening of 5 March as Wingate, Lieutenant General
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Wingate planned that part of 77 Brigade would land by glider in Burma and prepare airstrips into which 111 Brigade and the remainder of 77 Brigade would be flown by
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While Wingate was still in Burma, Wavell had ordered the formation of 111 Brigade, known as the "Leopards", along the lines of the 77 Brigade. He selected Brigadier
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who defeated a large force with a tiny band of men. Wingate invited a number of veterans of the Haganah SNS to join him, with the blessing of Ethiopia's Emperor
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in northeast India, killing all passengers aboard, including Wingate, who died an acting major general. In place of Wingate, Brigadier (later Lt.-Gen.)
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in 1966 that he considered Wingate to have "been mentally unbalanced and that the best thing he ever did was to get killed in a plane crash in 1944."
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impassable as they previously believed, thus altering their strategic plans. As one consequence, the overall Japanese Army commander in Burma, Gen.
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officers at the centre, who found him insufferable; he frequently challenged the instructors, as a demonstration of his rebellious nature.
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along their line of march, the Chindit columns were able to disrupt the Japanese offensive, diverting troops from the battles in India.
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Sullivan, Barry (1999). "More than meets the eye: the Ethiopian War and the Origins of the Second World War".
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in London and passed out of the course, which lasted from October 1926 to March 1927, with a mark of 85/100.
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a "heroic, larger-than-life figure to whom the Jewish people owed a deep and enduring debt".
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cap, and continuing to scrub himself with a shower brush. Sometimes Wingate would eat only
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headquarters in London. The facade commemorates the Chindits and the four men awarded the
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forces. He flew out of Burma to assume command as Japanese forces began their assault on
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in which he was flying crashed into jungle-covered hills in the present-day state of
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At a time when Britain was in need of morale-boosting generalship, Wingate attracted
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The Emperor of the United States of America and Other Magnificent British Eccentrics
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The two most popular Israeli books about Wingate, both written by SNS veterans were
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Wingate was appointed colonel once more by General Wavell upon arrival in the
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There was a Man of Genius : Letters to my Grandson Orde Jonathan Wingate
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There was a Man of Genius : Letters to my Grandson Orde Jonathan Wingate
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through his political supporters in London, and Secretary of State for India
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Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict.
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Mead, Peter W. (January 1979). "Orde Wingate and the Official Historians".
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The deep-penetration tactics pioneered by the Chindits were adopted by the
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Wingate after his return from operations in Japanese-occupied Burma in 1943
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Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
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Correspondence Archive between Orde and Lorna Wingate, and Chaim Weizmann
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The quote is part of Amatziya Cohen's recollection of Wingate's tutelage.
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Attempts to achieve a balance between the opposing views of Wingate were
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Churchill, rapidly proved unworkable." However, the Japanese commander,
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instead. The landings were initially a failure, as many gliders crashed
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Wingate was the commander of an anti-aircraft unit in Britain when the
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Associated Press (18 April 1947). "Party Finds Body of Gen. Wingate".
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Wingate and the men of Gideon Force linked with the force of Lt. Gen.
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A fictionalised version of Wingate called "P.P. Malcolm" appears in
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into the jungle, could fan out from there and fight the Japanese".
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1593:"Wingate and Chindits" is an episode of the documentary TV series
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The value of Wingate's Chindits has been disputed. Field Marshal
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2226:. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 172–173.
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After Wavell gave his permission, Wingate convinced the Zionist
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deep-penetration missions in Japanese-held territory during the
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the force lost approximately one-third of its total strength.
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Historical Case Study for the Operating Without a Net Project
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contacted Wavell, Commander-in-Chief in India commanding the
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Chindits and the first long-range jungle penetration mission
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A memorial to Wingate at the New Charterhouse School Chapel
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After his meeting with Allied leaders, Wingate contracted
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in Kumaon, India, into a military family (cousins of the
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Fire in the Night: Wingate of Burma, Ethiopia and Zion
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The Burma Campaign - Disaster Into Triumph 1942 - 45
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1816:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.
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1807:"Wingate, Orde Charles (1903–1944), army officer"
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3914:The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered
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2507:, vol. I, p. 10; MRD Foot, SOE (1984) pp. 214–15
2294:The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
1624:creature based on an Indonesian guardian spirit.
1223:reported that the grave had been located by the
801:Gideon force was named after the biblical judge
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279:(26 February 1903 – 24 March 1944) was a senior
3990:Churchill: Taken from the Diaries of Lord Moran
2468:SOE, The Special Operations Executive 1940–1946
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3705:Wingate, his relevance to contemporary warfare
3401:(2001). Alex Danchev and Daniel Todman (ed.).
3399:Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Viscount Alan Brooke
1471:have taken a critical picture of Wingate with
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413:In 1923, Wingate received his Royal Artillery
4364:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
4329:British Army personnel killed in World War II
4309:Anti-Palestinian sentiment in the Middle East
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609:. From his arrival he saw the creation of a
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3946:Video: Campaign in Burma, 1944/04/24 (1944)
3549:Finest Years: Churchill as Warlord, 1940–45
3464:"The Most Unforgettable Character I've Met"
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3462:Allison, John (Maj. Gen.) (22 July 2011).
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4254:The Geographical Journal, 83(4), 281–308.
3626:. London, United Kingdom: Vintage Books.
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3068:"Wingate's Body Moved to Army Cemetery".
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4379:People educated at Charterhouse School
4359:Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
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589:Palestine and the Special Night Squads
560:service in the Sudan on 2 April 1933.
547:, and to search for the lost oasis of
283:officer known for his creation of the
4324:British Army generals of World War II
4167:. Ohio: The World Publishing Company.
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4039:Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
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3336:(First ed.). London N. Spearman.
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27:British WWII Army general (1903-1944)
4202:Major General Orde Wingate 1903–1944
4054:. London: George G. Harrap & Co.
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4004:Bierman, John; Smith, Colin (1999).
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1150:was appointed to overall command of
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336:unsuited to a tropical environment.
4414:Military personnel of British India
4319:Alumni of SOAS University of London
3568:Britain's Pacification of Palestine
3329:
1748:from the original on 1 January 2021
1742:United Service Institution of India
1566:, while he also appears in another
1533:produced a three-part drama called
1258:Orde Wingate Square in Jerusalem's
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4213:Biography of Orde Charles Wingate
4179:Abi Moriya, "Orde Charles Wingate"
3997:
3310:Australian Dictionary of Biography
2276:
1700:. 13 September 1938. p. 5831.
1607:The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1178:; Lieutenant Stephen A. Wanderer,
795:Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I
551:. Supported by equipment from the
25:
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4409:Recipients of the MacGregor Medal
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3899:. New York: The Greystone Press.
3787:The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
3751:"Orde Wingate: Friend Under Fire"
3724:"Book 4: With Wingate's Chindits"
3688:"Orde Wingate (TV Series 1976– )"
3330:Hay, Alice Ivy (1 January 1963).
2288:Hughes, Matthew (8 August 2015).
2045:. 25 November 1930. p. 7502.
1713:. 26 December 1941. p. 7332.
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74:United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
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4262:University of Manchester Library
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3099:Parliament of the United Kingdom
2196:. 3 November 1936. p. 7025.
1462:Orde Wingate: His Life and Works
1273:stands on the north side of the
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1229:U.S. Graves Registration Service
686:wrote about Wingate's brutality.
205:1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine
4247:British Army Officers 1939−1945
3649:(1). Sage Publications: 55–82.
3643:Journal of Contemporary History
3306:"Alice Ivy Wigmore (1895–1982)"
3304:Bolton, G. C.; Morant, Andrew,
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1435:Orde Wingate and the Historians
543:, mentioned in the writings of
444:Wingate's father's cousin, Sir
4184:Orde Charles Wingate 1903–1944
3529:. Routledge & Kegan Paul.
3121:"Wingate a Genius – Churchill"
1863:
1836:
1786:
1777:
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1684:
1595:Narrow Escapes of World War II
1380:Wingate was known for various
1354:Indonesian National Revolution
1327:was also named in his honour.
1225:Imperial War Graves Commission
797:, and Wingate in Dambacha Fort
13:
1:
4198:Shapell Manuscript Foundation
3921:Thompson, Sir Robert (1989).
3749:Oren, Michael (Winter 2001).
3391:
2458:Wingate quoted in J. Mulgan,
2306:10.1080/03086534.2015.1083220
2176:. 10 July 1936. p. 4419.
2101:. 25 July 1933. p. 4964.
1467:In recent years, the Israeli
1014:Wingate with Chindit leaders.
368:In 1916, his family moved to
4394:Sudan Defence Force officers
4078:Thompson, Julian F. (2001).
3966:van Creveld, Martin (2004).
3726:. In Stone, James H. (ed.).
3525:Caufield, Catherine (1981).
2850:"The 1st Air Commando Group"
1830:UK public library membership
1677:
1628:
1494:Honourable Artillery Company
781:Special Operations Executive
603:British Mandate of Palestine
7:
4374:Guerrilla warfare theorists
4314:British Army major generals
4163:Sykes, Christopher (1959).
3992:. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.
3970:. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
3834:Cassell Military Paperbacks
3686:Meyer, Aaron (4 May 2017).
3425:"Wingate of the Gideonites"
3127:. 13 March 1951. p. 3.
1244:Arlington National Cemetery
1176:Spartanburg, South Carolina
564:Return to the UK, 1933–1936
557:Royal Geographical Magazine
231:Distinguished Service Order
120:Arlington National Cemetery
10:
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4334:British Christian Zionists
4144:Taylor, Thomas H. (1988).
4010:. New York: Random House.
3655:10.1177/002200947901400103
1114:Churchill and His Generals
553:Royal Geographical Society
458:School of Oriental Studies
4349:British Plymouth Brethren
4208:Orde Wingate – The Friend
4165:Orde Wingate, A Biography
4148:. New York: McGraw Hill.
4059:Shirreff, David (2009) .
4050:Rolo, Charles J. (1944).
3925:. Pen and Sword. p.
3877:Orde Wingate: A Biography
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746:Ethiopia and Gideon Force
597:Orde Wingate in Palestine
469:Sudan Defence Force (SDF)
430:Army School of Equitation
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4258:Orde Wingate Collections
4242:Generals of World War II
4236:University of Manchester
4228:Orde Wingate collections
3830:Wingate and the Chindits
3577:Burma: The Forgotten War
3566:Hughes, Matthew (2019).
3466:. specialoperations.net.
3169:"General Wingate School"
3026:"Rites for Gen. Wingate"
1439:Wingate and the Chindits
1411:Field Marshal Montgomery
1350:Indonesian National Army
1233:Imphal Military Cemetery
1124:
999:Combined Chiefs of Staff
912:near Saugor district in
868:
859:South-East Asian Theatre
106:, British India (now in
4223:Nadav Man, "The Friend"
3986:Wilson, Charles McMoran
3893:Thomas, Lowell (1951).
3828:Rooney, David (2000) .
3707:. New Delhi: Sterling.
3579:. London: John Murray.
3506:Beevor, Antony (2012).
1500:He was also related to
1458:In the Path of Fighters
1134:to Lalaghat, the USAAF
941:. Wingate set out from
372:where Wingate attended
340:Childhood and education
239:Mentioned in Despatches
4339:British mass murderers
4252:"In Search of Zerzura"
4099:Anglim, Simon (2023).
3809:Rooney, David (1999).
3773:National Review Online
3722:Officer, W.J. (1969).
3703:Nath, Prithvi (1990).
3622:McLynn, Frank (2010).
3600:The Road Past Mandalay
3493:Cite journal requires
3445:Burma: The longest War
3173:General Wingate School
2998:"Wingate's Body Found"
2222:Kessler, Oren (2023).
1822:10.1093/ref:odnb/36978
1447:Israeli Defense Forces
1372:
1263:
1220:The Calcutta Statesman
1188:Freeman Spur, Illinois
1171:
1140:1st Air Commando Group
1015:
893:long-range penetration
883:
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693:
676:collective punishments
672:Iraq Petroleum Company
651:and the leadership of
598:
526:
387:Royal Military Academy
323:British Prime Minister
4404:Burma in World War II
4354:British war criminals
4129:. London: Pan Books.
3792:Oneworld Publications
3575:Latimer, Jon (2004).
3443:Allen, Louis (1984).
3403:War Diaries 1939–1945
3349:"Lt-Col Orde Wingate"
2801:Callahan, Raymond E.
2460:Report on Experiences
1370:
1325:Wingate Football Club
1257:
1217:. On April 18, 1947,
1200:) and Stanley Wills (
1169:
1013:
970:After-battle analysis
881:
865:on 27 February 1942.
826:East African Campaign
789:
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723:
688:
596:
214:East African Campaign
147:Years of service
4384:People from Nainital
4232:John Rylands Library
3508:The Second World War
3071:The Winnipeg Tribune
2813:on 19 February 2014.
2807:The Churchill Centre
2273:Kaniuk, 2001, p. 19.
1551:A Woman Called Golda
1460:by Israel Carmi and
1441:by David Rooney and
1213:, in the village of
841:, which can produce
824:With the end of the
661:Special Night Squads
607:intelligence officer
415:officer's commission
308:Special Night Squads
267:Orde Charles Wingate
18:Charles Orde Wingate
4105:Pen and Sword Books
3858:. London: Cassell.
3856:Defeat into Victory
3447:. Dent Publishing.
3356:. 3 November 2000.
3354:The Daily Telegraph
2857:Cochran's Commandos
2759:, pp. 546–549.
2425:, pp. 190–191.
1576:. Additionally, in
1341:Wingate Golf Club,
1279:Ministry of Defence
1275:Victoria Embankment
1031:up the experienced
939:Operation Longcloth
832:Wingate contracted
765:Middle East Command
619:campaign of attacks
304:Mandatory Palestine
4194:8 May 2014 at the
3951:Universal Newsreel
3872:Sykes, Christopher
3811:Military Mavericks
3768:"Wingate's Wisdom"
3736:on 3 December 2010
3510:. Back Bay Books.
3429:The Palestine Post
3139:"Chindit Memorial"
3032:. 11 November 1950
3030:The New York Times
3003:The New York Times
2939:, pp. 217–220
2923:Universal Newsreel
2848:Dale K. Robinson.
2656:The London Gazette
2353:, p. 287-288.
2193:The London Gazette
2173:The London Gazette
2153:The London Gazette
2133:The London Gazette
2098:The London Gazette
2042:The London Gazette
1947:The London Gazette
1903:The London Gazette
1723:The London Gazette
1710:The London Gazette
1697:The London Gazette
1524:In popular culture
1373:
1304:, Wingate Square (
1264:
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1061:Operation Thursday
1016:
927:King's Regulations
884:
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502:on the borders of
249:The London Gazette
4399:Wingate Institute
4070:978-1-84884-029-4
4052:Wingate's Raiders
3936:978-0-85052-761-2
3801:978-1-85168-467-0
3633:978-0-099-55178-2
3558:978-0-00-726367-7
3517:978-0-316-02374-0
3405:. Phoenix Press.
3294:, pp. 91–92.
3125:The Straits Times
3101:. 5 December 1950
2570:, pp. 134–35
2233:978-1-5381-4880-8
1828:(Subscription or
1738:"MacGregor Medal"
1518:Rachel O. Wingate
1510:Governor of Malta
1336:Charlton Cemetery
1300:neighbourhood of
1290:Wingate Institute
1192:Purcell, Oklahoma
1180:Hamilton, Montana
995:Quebec Conference
984:Winston Churchill
851:Winston Churchill
630:Christian Zionist
381:Early army career
358:Plymouth Brethren
326:Winston Churchill
300:Christian Zionist
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4304:1944 deaths
4299:1903 births
4146:Born of War
3968:Moshe Dayan
3957:22 February
3782:Pappé, Ilan
3292:Anglim 2015
3260:Anglim 2015
3245:Anglim 2015
3206:Wilson 1966
2910:Rooney 2000
2836:Beevor 2012
2826:, p. .
2824:Anglim 2009
2670:McLynn 2010
2651:"No. 36194"
2585:Rooney 2000
2556:Rooney 2000
2544:Rooney 2000
2532:Rooney 2000
2517:Rooney 2000
2480:Rooney 2000
2462:(1947) and
2447:Rooney 2000
2435:Rooney 2000
2423:Rooney 1999
2411:Rooney 2000
2351:Hughes 2019
2339:Hughes 2019
2327:Hughes 2019
2262:Hughes 2019
2250:Hughes 2019
2188:"No. 34337"
2168:"No. 34303"
2148:"No. 34328"
2128:"No. 34241"
2115:Rooney 2000
2093:"No. 33963"
2080:Rooney 2000
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2056:Rooney 2000
2037:"No. 33664"
2024:Rooney 2000
2012:Rooney 2000
2000:Rooney 2000
1988:Rooney 2000
1973:Rooney 2000
1961:Rooney 2000
1942:"No. 33079"
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1917:Rooney 2000
1898:"No. 32858"
1885:Rooney 2000
1870:Rooney 2000
1858:Rooney 2000
1843:Rooney 2000
1772:Hughes 2019
1752:13 February
1718:"No. 36120"
1705:"No. 35396"
1692:"No. 34551"
1659:War Diaries
1655:Alan Brooke
1415:Moshe Dayan
1358:Netherlands
1352:during the
819:Addis Ababa
740:Moshe Dayan
736:Zvi Brenner
318:and Burma.
244:"No. 35120"
82:Uttarakhand
4293:Categories
4091:157488381X
4045:1538148803
3832:. London:
3790:. Oxford:
3757:25 October
3434:10 January
3392:References
3382:Meyer 2017
3156:Owens 2004
3105:16 October
3036:16 October
3010:16 October
2982:15 October
2682:Allen 1984
2387:Allen 1944
2363:Pappé 2006
1832:required.)
1583:The Source
1397:Lord Moran
1310:Yemin Orde
843:depression
481:Yugoslavia
465:secondment
127:Allegiance
63:1903-02-26
4125:(2005) .
3679:159876741
3663:0022-0094
3362:0307-1235
3281:Oren 2001
2870:15 August
2775:The Times
2757:Slim 1956
2745:Slim 1956
2733:Slim 1956
2503:T. Holt,
2314:0308-6534
1678:Citations
1629:Footnotes
1568:Leon Uris
1560:'s novel
1558:Leon Uris
1543:Palestine
1473:Tom Segev
1302:Jerusalem
935:Sumprabum
855:Leo Amery
767:based in
698:crude oil
668:pipelines
545:Herodotus
370:Godalming
346:Naini Tal
316:Abyssinia
196:(1940–41)
191:(1942–44)
150:1921–1944
100:Bishnupur
4192:Archived
4035:(2023).
4026:40595354
3988:(1966).
3874:(1959).
3854:(1956).
3784:(2006).
3597:(1979).
3547:(2009).
2895:5 August
2375:Crucible
1746:Archived
1650:British
1601:in 2012.
1227:and the
1087:en route
900:Chindits
888:Far East
839:Atabrine
634:En Harod
541:Cambyses
528:bimbashi
519:ambushes
515:poachers
504:Ethiopia
500:Gallabat
496:Roseires
489:Khartoum
419:Larkhill
391:Woolwich
276:Two Bars
235:Two Bars
189:Chindits
185:Commands
135:Service/
110:, India)
84:, India)
80:(now in
70:Nainital
4260:at the
4230:at the
3864:1296031
3094:Hansard
1622:Bigfoot
1620:-like,
1573:The Haj
1570:novel,
1298:Talbiya
1277:, near
1260:Talbiya
1215:Thiulon
1144:Manipur
1020:typhoid
905:chinthe
863:Rangoon
834:malaria
705:Lebanon
670:of the
657:Haining
653:Haganah
570:Bulford
549:Zerzura
467:to the
434:cavalry
399:ragging
291:of the
285:Chindit
108:Manipur
4269:Portal
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1508:. The
1480:Family
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