"..General Thimayya was not only a brilliant tactician and strategist but one whose vision went beyond everyone else's. The challenges he faced and his response to them were simply incomparable." - Field Marshal SHFJ Manekshaw, MC
Thimayya was the only Indian who commanded a brigade in World War II and later in Japan as part of the occupation force. He was the only Indian General who was invited to the Japanese surrender ceremony in Singapore; and after whom a boulevard is named in Nicosia, Cyprus, and whose Government also issued a special stamp is his memory.
Author: Brig CB Khanduri
ISBN: 81 87966 36 X
Pages: 394
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