Kachin Levies
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The Northern Kachin Levies were a British special force created in World War II in Burma. The Levies were made up of members of the Kachin people
under the command of British officers and they fought the Japanese in the jungle of north Burma.
Edmund Leach
set up the Levies at Fort Hertz
, and they were initially placed under the command of Colonel Gamble, a retired Australian Burma Military Police officer.
Kachin people
The Kachin people are a group of ethnic groups who largely inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Burma's Kachin State and neighbouring areas of China and India. More than half of the Kachin people identify themselves as Christians - while a significant minority follow Buddhism and some also adhere...
under the command of British officers and they fought the Japanese in the jungle of north Burma.
Edmund Leach
Edmund Leach
Sir Edmund Ronald Leach was a British social anthropologist of whom it has been said:"It is no exaggeration to say that in sheer versatility, originality, and range of writing he was and still is difficult to match among the anthropologists of the English speaking world".-Personal and academic...
set up the Levies at Fort Hertz
Fort Hertz
Fort Hertz was a remote British Military outpost in northeastern Burma in the district of Putao in what is now the Kachin State near the present town of Putao. It was named after William Axel Hertz...
, and they were initially placed under the command of Colonel Gamble, a retired Australian Burma Military Police officer.