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==Historical books online==
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India India in World War II]. Details of the ''Official History of the Indian Armed Forces In the Second World War'' by the Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan), published in the 1950s and 1960s. From "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web". Many of these publications are available at the [[British Library]]. The online transcription publications on HyperWar are
**[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html ''The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945''] by Instructor Lieutenant D.J.E. Collins, B.A.L.T. Indian Navy. 1964
**[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Retreat/index.html ''The Retreat from Burma, 1941-42''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1954
**[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
:The following volumes may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
:*''Medical Services: Administration'' 1953 barcode 99999990062920 (One of seven titles in the series ''Medical Services'')
:*''Campaign In Western Asia'' published 1957 barcode 4990010060130 Iraq, Syria and Iran. (One of five titles in the series ''Campaigns in the Western Theatre'')
:*''The Reconquest of Burma Volume I'' 1958 barcode 4990010060131. Also available as a transcription, refer above.
*[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] AFS [American Field Service]
*Four short histories, from a series of at least ten,<ref>[http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/51379-short-online-histories/?p=602493 WW2Talk Forum thread] Short online Histories, category British Indian Army</ref> published under the authority of the Director of Public Relations, War Department , Government of India Archive.org
