Mike Calvert
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Brigadier James Michael Calvert, was a British Army officer who was involved in special operations in Burma during the Second World War. He participated in both Chindit operations and was instrumental in popularizing the unorthodox ideas of Orde Wingate.
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Calvert (left) giving orders during the capture of Mogaung in June 1944.
Calvert at the ceremony marking the passing of 3 and 4 SAS to France in October 1945.
British airborne troops disembark from Short Stirling aircraft at Gardermoen airfield near Oslo as part of Operation Doomsday, May 1945
Tito's communist troops entering Trieste, 1945Awards 3
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Brigadier James Michael Calvert, was a British Army officer who was involved in special operations in Burma during the Second World War. He participated in both Chindit operations and was instrumental in popularizing the unorthodox ideas of Orde Wingate. He frequently led attacks from the front, a practice that earned him the nickname amongst the men under his command of "Mad Mike."
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