V Force

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. V Force was a reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering organisation established by the British during the Burma Campaign in World War II. In April 1942, when the Japanese drove the British Army from Burma and seemed likely to invade India, General Sir Archibald Wavell ordered the creation of a guerilla organisation which was to operate along the frontier between India and Burma. This frontier ran for 800 miles, from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal. V Force was envisaged as a "stay-behind" force. If the Japanese had invaded India after the monsoon season ended late in 1942, V Force was to harass their lines of communications with ambushes and sabotage, and to provide intelligence from behind enemy lines.