Charge You Bastards! CBI (id:#62579)

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Pagoda Hill, Hemu, Burma 1944-03-14 (3 others)

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As part of Operation Thursday, the Chindits of 77th Brigade were airlifted deep into Japanese held territory in Burma to set u a stronghold, i.e. garrison of troops in defendable terrain which could then be used to interdict Japanese lines of supply. One such block was to be created near Hemu. As British troops advanced from their landing strip they made contact with Japanese troops on Pagoda Hill, a dominant terrain feature on the outskirts of their perimeter. Calvert, the brigade commander, realized that they must be dislodged. Seeing that the Japanese troops were not entrenched, Calvert ordered his men, "Charge you bastards, Charge!" What followed was a bloody hand to hand melee. . .

Defender: British/Gurkha (1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment and 3/6th Battalion, Gurkha Rifles)  

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