Knives, Jungle Warfare

Between December 1941 and August 1945, British Commonwealth troops and their allies fought a bitter war against the Japanese in Asia. The fighting took place in malaria-ridden jungles during drenching monsoon rains and on remote islands in searing tropical heat, but always against a tenacious and often brutal enemy.

The Chindits were British empire troops who carried out guerrilla-style operations in Burma (now Myanmar) during the Second World War. The force was made up mostly of the British Indian Army and the Gurkhas. It also included Burmese soldiers who had escaped Japanese occupation.

In February 1943 and March 1944, British and Indian Chindits sabotaged railways and roads, and encouraged local Burmese, Kachin and Keren resistance groups to attack the Japanese.

Examples of knives and daggers used by Chindits and Tribesman, Second World War, in the CSS Museum.

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