Ambush at Mogaung

Over the course of three weeks in June, Michael ”Mad Mike” Calvert's 77th (Chindit) Brigade took Mogaung in support of the US advance down the Hukawng Valley. They suffered 50% casualties. Fearing they would then be ordered to join in …

1944-06-28

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Over the course of three weeks in June, Michael ”Mad Mike” Calvert's 77th (Chindit) Brigade took Mogaung in support of the US advance down the Hukawng Valley. They suffered 50% casualties. Fearing they would then be ordered to join in the siege of Myitkyina, Calvert shut down his radios and began marching towards Stilwell’s Army HQ in Kamaing. Along the way, scouts were surprised to discover a ragged and apparently lost column of Japanese troops advancing down a jungle path. Calvert ordered his weary survivors into ambush formations around a small village where their road and the enemy trail intersected.

Moguang, Burma

The Chindits, known officially as the Long Range Penetration Groups, were special operations units of the British and Indian armies which saw action in 1943–1944, during the Burma Campaign of World War II.

Wikipedia: Chindits

Japanese

Chindit