Orde Wingate

Narrow Escapes of World War II episode 3: The Chindits were the army’s elite jungle troops who beat the Japanese in a daring mission. Hear their jaw-dropping story. To take on the undefeated “supermen” of the Japanese army advancing toward India, the British call on Orde Wingate, who forms a special “Chindits” unit for sabotage inside Japanese-controlled Burma. 1943, Orde […]