Michael Calvert was one of the legendary figures of the Second World War. He hit the headlines as 'Mad Mike' after the first Chindit campaign in 1943, with a reputation as a tough and daring leader of guerrilla troops. He was one of the first men selected for the Chindits by the controversial General Orde Wingate. He became Wingate's right-hand man - both in fierce jungle fighting and in battles against stick-in-the-mud staff officers. His speciality was penetrating behind enemy lines. Mad Mike fought in the snow and ice of Norway, in the steaming jungles of Burma, and on the battlefields of Europe where in 1945 he commanded the crack Special Air Service Brigade.
- ISBN10 130673990X
- ISBN13 9781306739900
- Publish Date 1 January 2004
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 25 February 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Pen and Sword Military
- Format eBook
- Pages 218
- Language English