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*[http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/burma-india/ WW2 Talk] Forum has a category "Theatres of War: India and Burma"
*[http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/burma-india/ WW2 Talk] Forum has a category "Theatres of War: India and Burma"
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima Battle of Kohima] Wikipedia; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20270730 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Buckingham<nowiki>]</nowiki> Palace honours Battle of Kohima veterans] Includes some newsreel footage. 9 November 2012 www.bbc.co.uk
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima Battle of Kohima] Wikipedia; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20270730 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Buckingham<nowiki>]</nowiki> Palace honours Battle of Kohima veterans] Includes some newsreel footage. 9 November 2012 www.bbc.co.uk
*[http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Kohima_60_booklet.pdf Second World War: 60th Anniversary: Battle of Kohima] (24 page pdf) www.army.mod.uk
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html  Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007).  He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
*''The Telegraph'' [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html  Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007).  He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/loumorgan/sets/72157625123489075/ Photographs taken in India 1943-44 by  Major E Brookman]  flickr.com. He is stated to be a RAPC [Royal Army Pay Corps] officer
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/loumorgan/sets/72157625123489075/ Photographs taken in India 1943-44 by  Major E Brookman]  flickr.com. He is stated to be a RAPC [Royal Army Pay Corps] officer

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FIBIS resources

  • "Indian Army Prisoners of War in the Second World War" by Hedley Sutton FIBIS Journal, No 12 (Autumn 2004). For details of how to access this article online, see FIBIS Journals.
An alphabetical listing by surname of nearly 900 Indian Army personnel who became prisoners of war between 1941 and 1945 is available at the British Library. Most were held by the Japanese, with some held by the Italians.The vast majority are Europeans, but a handful of Indians are recorded; plus a few Indian Medical Service nursing sisters

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External links

North Africa

  • The Tiger Kills. The story of the Indian Divisions in the North African campaign' by Lieut.-Colonel-W. G. Hingston and Lieut.-Colonel G. R. Stevens. Available at the British Library Also available as a reprint by Military Library Research Service Ltd (Jun 2004)

China-Burma-India (CBI)

Borneo

Hong Kong

Miscellaneous

Historical books online

References