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*''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 may be viewed online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, catalogued as ''The Tiger Kills'', barcodes 99999990824648, 99999990848542. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/527937 pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.527937 Archive.org version] 1944, barcode 99999990795891. The Western Desert from 1941 onwards, and the Tunisian campaign. 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)
*[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]
*Five Nine short histories, from a series of at least teneleven,<ref>[http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/short-online-histories.51379/ 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. Four Eight from Archive.org . Note that for these, original pages have been filmed two to each digital page, and you may need to adjust settings to read all the pages. Select the single page viewing option.**[https://archive.org/details/TheFightingFifthHistoryOfTheFifthDivision ''The Fighting Fifth - History Of The Fifth Division''] Abyssinia, Burma. Note text out of order. Pages 7-10 and some accompanying photographs follow page 38. [https://archive.org/stream/TheFightingFifthHistoryOfTheFifthDivision/The%20Fighting%20Fifth%20-%20History%20of%20the%20Fifth%20Division#page/n27/mode/1up Maps]
**[https://archive.org/details/GoldenArrow-TheStoryOfThe7thIndianDivision ''Golden Arrow - The Story of the 7th Indian Division'']
**[https://archive.org/details/OneMoreRiver-TheStoryOfThe8thIndianDivision ''One More River - The Story of the 8th Indian Division'']. Italy
**[https://archive.org/details/DaggerDivision-StoryOfThe19thIndianDivision ''Dagger Division - Story of the 19th Indian Division''] Burma
**''A Happy Family the Story of the Twentieth Indian Division April 1942 to August 1945'' is available to read on WW2Talk Forum for logged in members of WW2Talk Forum.<ref>Charley Fortnum. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/short-online-histories.51379/page-2#post-770555 Short online histories] ''WW2Talk Forum'' 5 December 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2018.</ref> Battle of Imphal, and the Recapture of Burma.
**[https://archive.org/details/The23thIndianDivisionBurmaMalayaJava ''The 23th Indian Division - Burma, Malaya, Java'']
**[https://archive.org/details/TheStoryOfThe25thIndianDivisionTheArakanCampaign ''The Story Of The 25th Indian Division - The Arakan Campaign'']
**[https://archive.org/details/TigerHeadTheStoryOfThe26thIndianDivision ''Tiger Head - The Story Of The 26th Indian Division''] Arakan, Rangoon.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/113944 ''Eastern Epic Volume I''] 1951. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113944 Archive.org version]. Full title: ''Eastern Epic Volume I September 1939 - March 1943 Defence'' by Sir Compton Mackenzie. "The story of India's efforts during the war" Includes the activities of Indian forces in the various theatres-North Africa, the Near East and Southeast Asia. Volume I appears to have been the only volume published.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/119329 ''The March On Delhi''] by A J Barker 1963. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.119329 Archive.org version]. The title refers to Japanese plans for a "march on Delhi", following March 1944 when the 15th Japanese Imperial Army, supported by forces of the Indian National Army, crossed the Chindwin to invade India. Includes material supplied by Japanese commanders. The author served as an army air liaison officer during the siege of Imphal.
