Word: monsoonal
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Dispatches from India noted the drying up in Burma of the monsoon rains. Over the radio crackled the words of Sir Rich ard Peirse, Commander in Chief of the British Air Force in India: "We stand in battle array, not only ready to meet the enemy, but waiting to go out and find him. . . . We have covered the face of India with airfields." Brigadier General Caleb V. ("Old Grizzly") Haynes, reviewing the job he has done in directing U.S. air attacks from India, declared that Burma was no fortress, that Japanese facilities in the country had been "pulverized...
...monsoon rains still poured over Burma, making an offensive in that area impossible for several weeks. Britain's No. 1 amphibious commander would not be able to create his striking force overnight...
...soon, and how heavily, shall the Allies strike Japan? The war against Japan probably must be started with a Burma campaign, to get help soon to China's land armies. The monsoon rains end in October. Are the British and Americans prepared-and willing-to move then...
Tale from the Plains. As the monsoon came to Calcutta, thousands stood in line before food shops and were drenched. Because of the shortage of food in the suburbs, whole families moved in and camped on sidewalks in front of grain shops. In Bijapur district, near Bombay, famine was so severe that livestock died. In Bombay five persons were reported injured in a quarrel over a piece of bread. In the Punjab farmers hoarded their grain, thereby made the bad situation worse. (The price of Punjab village brides had gone up, a sure sign of spreading inflation.) Some maharajas...
...seizure of the Jap base at Rangoon on the Bay of Bengal. In the end the British would have settled for the little harbor and air base of Akyab, about 325 miles north of Rangoon. But even Akyab now was beyond reach - at least until the end of the monsoon, some time in October...