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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia  Forever India] The contribution of servicemen and women from Undivided India during the First and the Second World Wars. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
*[http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia  Forever India] The contribution of servicemen and women from Undivided India during the First and the Second World Wars. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
===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 [http://www.mlrsbooks.co.uk/bookstore/index.php/prod9.html?qry=Tiger reprint] by Military Library Research Service Ltd (Jun 2004)
===Middle East and North Africa===
*''The Tiger Strikes : India's fight in the Middle East'' by  W. G Hingston.  Alternative title: ''The Tiger Strikes (A record of the exploits of troops from India in the theatre of war of the Middle East during 1940-41.)'' Published for the Government of India. Available at the [[British Library]]
*''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 [http://www.mlrsbooks.co.uk/bookstore/index.php/prod9.html?qry=Tiger reprint] by Military Library Research Service Ltd (Jun 2004)


===China-Burma-India (CBI)===
===China-Burma-India (CBI)===
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**[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Burma2/index.html ''The Reconquest of Burma Volume II: June 1944-August 1945''] by P.N. Khera, S.N. Prasad,  1959
**[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Burma2/index.html ''The Reconquest of Burma Volume II: June 1944-August 1945''] by P.N. Khera, S.N. Prasad,  1959
**[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/EAfrica/index.html ''East African Campaign, 1940-41''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1963
**[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/EAfrica/index.html ''East African Campaign, 1940-41''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1963
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Tiger3/index.html ''The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy''] Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office for the Government of India 1946 "The Fourth, Eighth and Tenth Indian Divisions will forever be associated with the fighting for Cassino, the capture of Rome, the Arno Valley, the liberation of Florence and the breaking of the Gothic Line". Transcribed by Chris Gage ibiblio.org
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Tiger3/index.html ''The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy''] Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office for the Government of India 1946 "The Fourth, Eighth and Tenth Indian Divisions will forever be associated with the fighting for Cassino, the capture of Rome, the Arno Valley, the liberation of Florence and the breaking of the Gothic Line". Transcribed by Chris Gage ibiblio.org. Alternative version from [http://www.ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Tiger/triumphsTC.html ourstory.info]
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/CBI/index.html#burma-def Hyperwar: CBI Theater of Operations] from "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web".
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/CBI/index.html#burma-def Hyperwar: CBI Theater of Operations] from "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web".
*From  [http://ourstory.info the field service] [American Field Service AFS]  
*From  [http://ourstory.info the field service] [American Field Service AFS]  

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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

Also see

British Library holdings

The History of the Second World War is a 75 volume official history published by HMSO 1949-1976, consisting of 28 volumes in the United Kingdom Civil Series, 21 volumes in the United Kingdom Medical Series and 26 volumes in the United Kingdom Military Series . Details are set out in this Wikipedia page and the link Hyperwar: British Official Histories.

A subcategory of the United Kingdom Military Series is the 5 volume series War Against Japan

  • War Against Japan, Volume 1: The Loss of Singapore, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1957. Reprint edition by Naval and Military Press
  • War Against Japan, Volume 2: India's Most Dangerous Hour, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1958. Reprint edition
  • War Against Japan, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1961. Reprint edition
  • War Against Japan, Volume 4: The Reconquest of Burma, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1965. Reprint edition
  • War Against Japan, Volume 5: The Surrender of Japan, Kirby, S. Woodburn et al. London: HMSO, 1969. Reprint edition

Part of the United Kingdom Medical Series is the publication The Army Medical Services, Campaigns, Volume 5: Burma, Crew, Francis A. E. London: HMSO, 1966

Also see Historical books online below.

External links

  • Forever India The contribution of servicemen and women from Undivided India during the First and the Second World Wars. Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Middle East and North Africa

  • The Tiger Strikes : India's fight in the Middle East by W. G Hingston. Alternative title: The Tiger Strikes (A record of the exploits of troops from India in the theatre of war of the Middle East during 1940-41.) Published for the Government of India. Available at the British Library
  • 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