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Chindits with their mules carrying supplies make their way through the jungle. In Burma, now occupied by the Japanese, the British were experimenting with unconventional methods of warfare.Colonel Orde Wingate had won support for the development of a deep penetration guerrilla force that would march far into the jungle. The new force soon became christened ‘Chindits’, after mythical Burmese creatures. 7 March 1943
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