ABSTRACT
Field Marshal Slim instituted in his Burma Army area a system of coordination and sometimes control under a staff officer of the commander in the area. Special Force was first under his and then under General Stilwel’s control, and the latter also controlled the Marauders. Every area of rear land operations concerns the Army. The area outside present or future military operations may be of minor interest to them and earmarked for Intelligence and sabotage acts—such as Denmark in the last war—but it may also be of considerable importance. The Supreme Commander should be given control of the rear forces as soon as he has been appointed. A Supreme Commander might also profitably be given control over assistance measures to an ally’s area if it adjoins his own theatre, again as in the case of Yugoslavia.
