Auktaw*
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Date: March 25, 1944*
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Battle Location: Auktaw, Indaw region, Burma*
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Battle Type: Great Britain advance vs Japan delay*
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Description: The two Chindit columns of the 2nd Leicesters Battalion had been given the task of clearing the village of Auktaw, a stepping stone in the offensive against Indaw.*
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As part of 16 Brigade the men of the 2nd Leicesters had been forced to march through some of the worst jungle areas on the earth to reach their operations area, whereas the other Chindit brigades of Special Force had been airlifted into their operations area by gliders.*
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During the fighting at Thetkaygyin and Indaw the battalion was to be the only unit of 16 Brigade to reach their assigned objective. At Auktaw they faced poorly motivated Burma National Army forces (to the British known as the Burma Traitor Army) bolstered by some regular Japanese.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the British side.*
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Source: Chinnery, Philip – March or Die: The Story of Wingate’s Chindits.*
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Design by: Ulf Lundstrom.**






