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This Military Training Pamphlet issued during WW2 forms part of the Army in India Training Memorandum series. GHQ India with a series of manuals provided a comprehensive jungle warfare doctrine. The later editions after No 9 had a revised format that according to General Auchinleck was to be different from the usual, dull training manuals and was aimed at popularising training. They included photographs and cartoons for the first time in order to make them more appealing. Its clearly stated purpose was to help COs train their units in the specialised fighting methods needed to beat the Japanese Army in the Jungle