29,577
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→External links: fix links
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080704131107/http://www.indianmilitaryhistory.org/india/army1939.html Indian Army July 1939] by Dr Graham Watson. indianmilitaryhistory.org, now an archived website.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080831052956/http://orbat.com/site/history/1939-45/index.html Historical Orders of Battle and TOEs 1939-1945]. Includes British Army and Indian Army. orbat.com, now archived.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110316032955/http://www.cgsc.edu/CARL/nafziger/940PXAA.pdf Order of Battle Indian Army Beginning 1940] Nafziger Collection, cgsc.edu, archived page. The information is referenced as: Kirby, Stanley, Woodburn, ''The War Against Japan'', London, Her Majesty's Stationary Office, 1961.
*[http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission] [CWGC] includes searchable database.
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20150821220936/http://www.cwgc.org/foreverindia/memorials/2nd-world-war.php Memorials to Indian soldiers and sailors - Second World War] cwgc.org, now an archived webpage.
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/categories/ WW2 People’s War] "An archive of World War Two memories-written by the public, gathered by the BBC". Written between June 2003 and January 2006. www.bbc.co.uk. If you can't find an article you are looking for, Google "BBC-WW2 People's War" and your search term.
*[http://www.scarletfinders.co.uk/112.html Locations of British General Hospitals during WW2]. scarletfinders.co.uk. Some British General Hospitals spent some of their existence in India. Listed numerically, so information about India is scattered throughout the entries.
*[httphttps://cgscarchive.cdmhost.comorg/cdmdetails/singleitem/collection/p4013coll3/id/1209#metajump DTIC_ADA300990 "The Indian Army in Africa and Asia 1940-1942 Implications for the planning and execution of two nearly- simultaneous campaigns"] by Major James Scudieri, 1995 from Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library. Link to a pdf downloadArchive. Depending on your browserorg, you may need to locate the download in your downloads folderfrom Defense Technical Information Center DTIC ADA300990 .
*[http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/5632/1/Kavanagh15MA.pdf ''The 10th Indian Division in the Italian campaign, 1944-45: training, manpower and the soldier's experience''] by Matthew David Kavanagh (2015) MA by research thesis, University of Birmingham.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130712224935/http://secondworldwaroperationsresearchgroup.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/book-review-the-indian-army-1939-47-experience-and-development/ The Indian Army 1939-47: Experience and Development]. Archived page, The Second World War Military Operations Research Group.
*"Contribution of the Indian Armed Forces to the Second World War": IDSA Special Feature January 2013 [http://www.idsa.in/specialfeature/ContributionoftheIndianArmedForcestotheSecondWorldWar.html download pdf] IDSA-Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. Includes the advice that twenty five volumes in the ''Official History'' series were published.
*[http://blog.history.ac.uk/2017/02/from-wapitis-to-vampires-indian-air-force-aircraft-and-the-politics-of-decolonisation-1933-1950/ "From Wapitis to Vampires: Indian Air Force aircraft and the politics of decolonisation 1933-1950"] by Aashique Iqbal. Posted on February 12, 2017. Institute of Historical Research.
*Dr. Richard Duckett’s [https://soeinburma.wordpress.com The Special Operations Executive in Burma, 1941 – 1945].
*Stewart Cochrane’s [http://www.chindit.net/Main.htm Black Watch RHR Chindit] , dedicated to Pte.William "Cocky" Cochrane
2nd Battalion, [[73rd Regiment of Foot|The Black Watch]] in Burma
*[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20200812084524/https://war-experience.org/lives/desmond-earley-lt-essex-regiment/ British Army Lieutenant Desmond F. Earley], [[44th Regiment of Foot|Essex Regiment]]. He fought the Japanese in Assam in 1944. Archived page, [http://www.war-experience.org The Second World War Experience Centre]*[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20191029094505/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1580495/Brigadier-John-Prendergast.html Obituary: John Prendergast] 1910-2008 ''The Telegraph'' 03 March 2008, archived. He took part in the Arakan (Burma) campaign as second in command of [[25th Regiment of Punjab Infantry|1/15th Punjab Regiment ]]( 1/15 PR) and was then given command of [[122nd Rajputana Infantry| 3/6th Rajputana Rifles]], part of 19th Indian Division (in Burma). He was awarded a DSO for the Burma campaign. His books include an autobiography ''Prender’s Progress: a soldier in India, 1931-47'', available at the [[British Library]]*''The Telegraph'' [httphttps://web.archive.org/web/20200806200208/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/gurkha-obituaries/1565768/Major-General-Derek-Horsford.html Obituary of Major-General Derek Horsford] (1917-2007). He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.
*[http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-29/india/38903297_1_cooks-battle-phillies "'Greatest battle' veterans forgotten"] by Manimugdha S Sharma, April 29, 2013 ''Times of India'' [http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=pastissues2&BaseHref=CAP%2F2013%2F04%2F29&PageLabel=11&EntityId=Ar01100&ViewMode=HTML Alternative version] with different photograph. Kohima
*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/that-battle-under-the-cherry-tree/article4695744.ece "That battle under the cherry tree"] by Kishalay Bhattacharya May 8, 2013 ''The Hindu'' Kohima-Imphal
