ONE of the last surviving members of the legendary Chindits special forces unit has been laid to rest with full military honours after he died aged 104. Arthur Rollins served in the famous jungle ...

The veteran was one of the last surviving members of the Chindits (Long Range Penetration Groups) – a mix of British and Indian recruits who fought in WW2. Between 1943 and 1944, the heroes carried ...

The British Army will revive one of the most contentious special forces units of the second world war, the Chindits, as a new generation of “Facebook” warriors who will wage complex and covert ...

The training was conducted in the inhospitable jungle and hilly terrain between Narmada and Betwa river basins. New Delhi [India], Feb 17 (ANI): The Indian Army on Friday flagged off a Chindits Trail ...

And their badge is a Burmese dragon in honour of their glorious predecessors, the Chindits. The 77th Brigade, or Chindits, suffered heavy casualties fighting the Japanese in the jungles of Burma ...

A new Army unit which will use psychology and social media to help Britain "fight in the information age" should not be created at the expense of combat troops, a former commander of British forces in ...

They are renowned for their bravery, determination and perseverance in the face of terror, and now the Chindits have had their place in modern history cemented with the unveiling of a permanent ...

They were led by a man Winston Churchill once called a genius, and were behind a mission that swung the war THEY were the lions of the jungle – 10,000 British troops led by an eccentric genius. With ...

I was in the Airborne Chindits in Burma. When we landed the Japanese were some 16 miles away. We had orders to march to a road block near Mawlu which we called White City. We had to hold this for a ...