Yes I know it is a real shock to some folks like my Old School Teachers that I can read. But nonetheless I do when I find time.
Anyways one of the men that I look up to is a man that most Americans and a lot of Brits don’t know about. Bill Slim, the man who rebuilt a savagely mauled Army that barely escaped the Japs in Burma. Who then took it back and almost completely destroyed the Occupying Jap Army.
This book though does not deal with this subject. Instead it deals with a lot of interesting characters and events in a very humorous manner that happened during his earlier military career.
For example when he was involved in a punitive campaign with the Pathans on the NW Frontier. When on horse back and carrying a flag to signal his beloved Ghurka Troops to withdraw. He had the flag wrap around his head all the while under fire.
Or how he got his butt chewed out for smuggling Australian beer from Haifa to his Troops in Iraq. When his very unofficial & unauthorised Beer Convoy ran his bosses car and him into a ditch.
Anyways if you like a good war story or two. Then you might want to get your hand on a copy of this really amusing book. Oh yeah before I forget his other book Defeat into Victory. Is another great Generals Book to read! Grumpy
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