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China-Burma-India (CBI)
*Carl Weidenburner’s [http://cbi-theater.home.comcast.net/~cbi-theater/menu/cbi_home.html China - Burma – India: Remembering the Forgotten Theater of World War II]. A 'portal' type site site with a large number of links.
*Gary Goldblatt’s [http://www.cbi-history.com/ CBI Order of Battle: Lineages and History]
*[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/index.htm Burma Star Association]
*[http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/campaign_burma_japanese.html Japanese conquest of Burma, December 1941-May 1942] historyofwar.org
*[http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/burma-india/ WW2 Talk] Forum has a category "Theatres of War: India and Burma"
*[http://www.oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk/documents/POLICINGWARTIMECALCUTTA.pdf Policing Wartime Calcutta <nowiki>[</nowiki>WW2<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Peter R. Moore oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk
*[http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2771785.ece Memories of Madras - The Summer of 1942] The Hindu 3 January 2012
*[http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/index.htm The Mumblings of Edward Sparkes] [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/contents.htm Contents page] Flt Lt Edward D S N Sparkes was in the RAF and arrived in India in the latter part of 1943 in the chapter [http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/sparkes/bombay2.htm Ashore in Bombay]. He subsequently joined X Squadron Royal Indian Air Force and served in Burma until he was invalided back to England in 1945
* Joseph Robert Milner describes his time in India and Burma performing primarily clerical duties c 1945 to 1947. He was drafted for India [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:tPRVSEAwqwUJ:ronbaileyscarvings.com/armylife2.doc+Army+Life+Chapter+4+India+ronbaileyscarvings.com&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShRovvyXCRlJz_fbALslMs9BHOM6yDsoClDFDTYkzem35FrFssOC-MNo6Jq87RG1U71g8m5oEOvAyuc3f3vZ4dUerfY2u9XLj_vIyVxB9Vvp-og7KrkqT7IHtKQ_ht9DFSY65hL&sig=AHIEtbSXY3Fg2wviY-df4wVRrOZl7hF1dg page 19] of this document. His time in India and Burma is described in this [https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:KFT6z10X6pwJ:ronbaileyscarvings.com/armylife3.doc+Turkish+POWs+Deolali&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESiSh0z7TSq6ps1Not2Bjig1XpLgiaT_jqmyQ1Gdxy7txbH0G2B-kj5T7gEqdfOpWPzLkfBBxLrFzdcbNjgnJp9Rx06W5C6obtKIAwlpF0K_wRFbETqG4Qd--AKma_n9WBb10Zr9&sig=AHIEtbRpAlapu5pvt9s3TWgqsgLf4zs88g document] [http://ronbaileyscarvings.com/milner.htm ronbaileyscarvings.com]
*[http://www.152hyderabad.co.uk/index.htm 152(Hyderabad) F Squadron 1939-1967] Served in India from 19th December 1943 as part of Calcutta’s defence and later moved to the front. Disbanded at R.A.F. [[Risalpur ]] in 1947
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