Chindits

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British Indian Army formation special forces unit

The Chindits were a British India special operations unit in World War II known for their long-range, deep-penetration jungle raids behind Japanese lines in Burma.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Chindits canonical 21
British Chindits 1
Chindit operations in Burma 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Indian Army formation ⓘ
special forces unit ⓘ
alliedWith Chinese Expeditionary Force ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Nationalist forces

China Burma India Theater ⓘ
surface form: United States forces in Burma
alsoKnownAs 77th Indian Infantry Brigade ⓘ
Long Range Penetration Groups ⓘ
Special Force ⓘ
areaOfOperations Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Burma

Upper Burma ⓘ
surface form: Northern Burma
branch Army ⓘ
commanderRank Brigadier ⓘ
Major General ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
doctrineInfluence later special forces long-range patrol tactics ⓘ
endTime 1944 ⓘ
equipment mules for transport ⓘ
formedFrom 77th Indian Infantry Brigade ⓘ
garrison India ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
namedAfter Chinthe ⓘ
notableCommander Lord Louis Mountbatten ⓘ
surface form: Lord Louis Mountbatten (as theatre commander)

Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne ⓘ
Orde Charles Wingate ⓘ
notableFor long-range jungle raids behind enemy lines ⓘ
operations supplied entirely by air ⓘ
notableOperation Operation Longcloth ⓘ
Operation Thursday ⓘ
operatedUnder South East Asia Command ⓘ
partOf British Indian Army ⓘ
primaryOpponent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
recruitedFrom British troops ⓘ
Gurkha units ⓘ
surface form: Gurkha troops

Indian troops ⓘ
role jungle warfare ⓘ
long-range penetration ⓘ
special operations ⓘ
startTime 1943 ⓘ
supportedBy 1st Air Commando Group ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
theatre Burma campaign ⓘ
surface form: Burma Campaign
trainingFocus air supply operations ⓘ
jungle survival ⓘ
long-distance marching ⓘ
trainingLocation Central India ⓘ
usedTactic air supply ⓘ
deep penetration raids ⓘ
glider landings ⓘ
guerrilla warfare ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CBI Theater → notableUnit → Chindits ⓘ
Burma campaign → notableForce → Chindits ⓘ
Siege of Myitkyina → involvesUnit → Chindits ⓘ
China Burma India Theater → notableUnit → Chindits ⓘ
Special Force → alsoKnownAs → Chindits ⓘ
Special Force → nickname → Chindits ⓘ
77th Indian Infantry Brigade → alsoKnownAs → Chindits ⓘ
77th Indian Infantry Brigade → nickname → Chindits ⓘ
Long Range Penetration Groups → alsoKnownAs → Chindits ⓘ
Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne → notableCommand → Chindits ⓘ
subject surface form: W. D. A. Lentaigne
Major General W. D. A. Lentaigne → forceNameCommanded → Chindits ⓘ
subject surface form: W. D. A. Lentaigne
1st Air Commando Group → supportedUnit → Chindits ⓘ
Operation Longcloth → hasParticipant → Chindits ⓘ
Operation Longcloth → alsoKnownAs → Chindits ⓘ
this entity surface form: First Chindit Expedition
Operation Thursday → participant → Chindits ⓘ
Operation Thursday → alsoKnownAs → Chindits ⓘ
this entity surface form: Second Chindit Expedition
5307th Composite Unit (Provisional) → cooperatedWith → Chindits ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Chindits
Burma Theater → associatedWith → Chindits ⓘ
Orde → commanded → Chindits ⓘ
subject surface form: Orde Charles Wingate
Wingate of Burma → militaryUnit → Chindits ⓘ
subject surface form: Orde Charles Wingate
Brigadier Mike Calvert → notableWork → Chindits ⓘ
subject surface form: Mike Calvert
this entity surface form: Chindit operations in Burma
Brigadier Mike Calvert → memberOf → Chindits ⓘ
subject surface form: Mike Calvert
Brigadier Mike Calvert → hasPartIn → Chindits ⓘ
subject surface form: Mike Calvert
this entity surface form: Chindit second expedition
Brigadier Joe Lentaigne → militaryUnitCommanded → Chindits ⓘ
subject surface form: Joe Lentaigne
Walter David Alexander Lentaigne → affiliation → Chindits ⓘ
3rd Indian Infantry Division (Chindits) → alsoKnownAs → Chindits ⓘ