The biggest challenge was the Japanese Army with their never retreat, never surrender fighting spirit.
He faced a stunning array of challenges, including everything from the logistics of feeding and supplying his 14th Army, in a country with few roads and rail systems, to dealing with abrasive personalities such as American General ‘Vinegar’ Joe Stillwell. Slim’s account is a masterpiece among the historical accounts of WW2 campaigns. Then he was appointed to command the 14th Army, which led the successful effort to defeat the Japanese forces and drive them from Burma. After the retreat, he retrained and reorganized the allied forces to deal with Burma’s unique battlespace. The allied forces were beaten and forced to retreat to India. He commanded an allied corps of Indian, British, and Burmese troops as part of the force that attempted to resist the Japanese invasion and conquest of Burma in 1942. “Defeat Into Victory” is the World War II memoir written by Field-Marshal Sir William Slim.
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