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Of course, I enjoyed "Drop Zone Burma" largely because I appear in many of the pages (Signaller Ken Brown) as a result of meetings with the author, Roger Annett, together with other members of our Burma Star Association Branch. We were ever grateful to the RAF for dropping supplies (especially Rations !)

Royal Air Force Historical Society Vol. 44

Of course, I enjoyed "Drop Zone Burma" largely because I appear in many of the pages (Signaller Ken Brown) as a result of meetings with the author, Roger Annett, together with other members of our Burma Star Association Branch. We were ever grateful to the RAF for dropping supplies (especially Rations !)

Kenneth Brown

A very interesting and well-written book, told through the words of those who were there, with a potted history of the war and its aftermath woven seamlessly in to the story..
Burma has been described as the Forgotten War, but even less well known are the post war problems due to militant local nationalism, which is touched on in the narrative, and the loss of life which followed from this..

Amazon Reviewer

First off, this book is great. There are several things I loved about it. The book is an easy read feels both informative and entertaining. The personal stories of the people it follows throughout the book are revealing, and in terms of their experiences, quite varied. Furthermore, their personal stories thankfully begin before the war so you have a much clearer understanding of their backgrounds and end long after the war finished showing you where their life led them. I would say this is the real strength of this book.

The book does cover more than the cover would suggest, filling the reader in on the Burma campaign as a whole, and provides a view from the ground as well as the sky. To be honest I was hoping for a little more information on the daily lives of the ground crew, engineers, pilots, and loaders and so on, but there IS detail here. Reading about the hump mission over the Himalayas, the contents of the drops, the terrible weather was all informative and interesting. The author clearly knows his stuff and supports the personal accounts well.

I bought this book because my great granddad flew with the supply planes in Burma, but i think this book is worth reading by anyone interested in the Burma campaign or WWII in general. Five Stars.

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