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Historical books online
**[https://archive.org/details/DaggerDivision-StoryOfThe19thIndianDivision ''Dagger Division - Story of the 19th Indian Division''] Burma
*[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://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/206262 ''Burma During Japanese Occupation Volume II''] 1944. A government Burma Intelligence Bureau report, published at Simla. Pdf file to download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://history.amedd.army.mil/booksdocs/wwii/CrisisFleeting/default.htm ''Crisis Fleeting. Original Reports On Military Medicine In India And Burma 
In The Second World War''] Compiled and Edited by 
James H. Stone. Office Of The Surgeon General 
Department Of The Army 
Washington, D.C., 1969. Website of the US Army Medical Department, Office of Medical History
*[https://archive.org/details/ImphalFlowerOnLoftyHeights ''Imphal: A Flower On Lofty Heights''] by Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Evans and Antony Brett-James 1962 Archive.org
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Muehl/sahibTC.html ''American Sahib''] by John Frederick Muehl 1946 He was with the American Field Service, attached to the British Indian Army. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/AmericanSahib Archive.org]
**[http://ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/VB/Burma.html ''Victory in Burma''] published July, 1945 by British Information Services, New York
*''Trek Back From Burma'' by W G Burchett, first published c 1943. Two different pdf files to download: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/102827 A], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/175474 B] Digital Library of India. The author was a journalist initially covered the Sino-Japanese War . Early in 1942 he covered the rout of British forces in Burma then from June travelled extensively through Kuomintang-controlled China and eventually returned to India through Burma.*''Defeat into Victory'' by Sir William Slim, 1956, about the Burma Campaign, is available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. Contents, computer page 9. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/150246 Pdf download]
*Text from ''Navvies To The Fourteenth Army'' by AH Pilcher c 1947 is available as pdf downloads from the Koi Hai website, located under [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=508961 Memories, the Henderson Family] Scroll down to the item dated October 12, 2009. Does not contain the illustrations and maps from the original publication. The author was Col. A H Pilcher who at the outbreak of the second world war commanded the [[Assam Valley Light Horse]]. In March 1942 he was put in charge of raising a labour force from the Tea Plantations to build the Manipur/Burma Road to evacuate the 14th Army and also the many civilians who were fleeing Burma. Eventually he raised and commanded a labour force of 82000 <ref> Scroll down to comments section [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a2776340.shtml Jungle Work: A Civil Engineer in Burma] BBC ww2peopleswar</ref> This book (55 pages) was published in Calcutta for Private Circulation and was illustrated with black and white plates and line drawing maps. <ref> marelibri.com, page no longer accessible</ref> The [[British Library]] has a catalogue reference Mss Eur F174/1316, but this is possibly a manuscript, not the printed book. The book is available at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London.
*The following are available on Archive.org in the Lending Library (Only one reader may read at any one time, and you may need to reserve the book if it is on loan) [https://archive.org/details/burmasurgeon00seag ''Burma Surgeon''] by Gordon S Seagrave Lieut. United States Army Forces in China, Burma, India. 1943, and [https://archive.org/details/burmasurgeonretu00seag ''Burma Surgeon Returns''] by Gordon S Seagrave MD 1946. These two books are also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/238226 ''Burma Surgeon Returns'': Pdf download] The missionary surgeon and his "Burmese Nurses". "Book one describes the walkout with Stilwell, who he calls "Uncle Joe" and their service for the refugees streaming out of Burma and with the Chinese army in India. Book two describes the return with the Chinese and American army while the Ledo Road is build and the north of Burma and the west of Yunnan are liberated and the combined Ledo Road & Burma Road are reopened"<ref>[http://www.tinyadventurestours.com/Eng/Destinations/BurmaRoad.html The Burma Road] tinyadventurestours.com</ref>
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