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  • noun a member of the Chindits, an allied commando unit operating behind enemy lines in northern Burma during World War 2.

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Examples

  • You are an insult to the many 'Chindit Families' of all nationalities and creeds.

    Dr Gyi 2010

  • Mr Gyi - you are an insult to those human beings that actually did endure the Chindit Campaign.

    Dr Gyi 2010

  • The Chindit War: Stilwell, Wingate, and the Campaign in Burma, 1944 by Shelford Bidwell is a very opinionated account of this campaign.

    The Chindit War: Stilwell, Wingate, and the Campaign in Burma, 1944 by Shelford Bidwell jmnlman 2007

  • So, Tul Bahadur Pun is a VC veteran of the 2nd Chindit Expedition, presumably as part of "Mad" Mike Calvert's 77th Brigade which suffered 50% casualties in capturing Mogaung.

    Support for VC Hero Grows: Time for Liam Byrne to Act 2007

  • The lyrics were written in a war journal by the Chindit mentioned above.

    Reformation Post TLC Smith, Mark E., 1957 Mar. 5- 2007

  • The Chindit War: Stilwell, Wingate, and the Campaign in Burma, 1944 by Shelford Bidwell is a very opinionated account of this campaign.

    Archive 2007-07-01 jmnlman 2007

  • "I was lucky'the whole Chindit operation was rather dicey," he said.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • "I was lucky — the whole Chindit operation was rather dicey," he said.

    Noble House Clavell, James 1981

  • Moving easily from fantasy to fact, Myerscough-Jones applied his skills to Orde Wingate (1976), a much praised biographical study of the wartime Chindit leader, who was played by Barry Foster.

    Top stories from Times Online 2010

  • Afghanistan will be given 200 new patrol vehicles to replace the much-criticised Snatch Land Rovers, it was revealed David Tyacke was the last officer on the staff of the Chindit HQ at Sylhet in

    WN.com - Articles related to New Zealand not to sign trade pact if US shuts out dairy 2010

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