How did Orde Wingate, leader of the Chindits in Burma during WWII meet his death?
George William Symes Syria, but was under orders to move to India. In August 1943, Major General Orde Wingate persuaded the leaders at the Quebec Conference to expand his Special Force, commonly known as the Chindits. In order to do so, the 70th Infantry Division was broken up. Although Symes was senior to Wingate in age, rank and length of service, he agreed to serve as Wingate's deputy. At their first meeting, Wingate asked Symes if he had "faith in his methods". Symes replied that "If I hadn't, I wouldn't be meeting you today." After Wingate was killed in a plane crash on
Orde Wingate In Britain, the two opposing tendencies has been for historians to portray him either as a mentally unstable, delusional figure operating well beyond his level of competence as in works by I.S.O. Playfair and Woodburn Kirby or alternatively as a visionary, a leader of men noted for his audacity, courage and toughness as in works by Charles Rolo, Bernard Fergusson, Wilfred Burchett, and Leonard Mosley. Attempts to achieve a balance between the opposing views of Wingate were "Orde Wingate and the Historians" by Peter Mead, "Wingate and the Chindits" by David Rooney and "Orde Wingate" by Christopher Sykes. In Ethiopia,