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*:[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/586001.html "Operation CHARACTER: Raising the Karens- Force 136 parachute insertions into the Karen Hills, Burma, 1945"] by Harry Fecitt “Harry's Sideshows” kaiserscross.com:[https://www.intelligencemuseum.org/assets/pdf/articles/website%20samuel%20newland%20dso%20cy%201.11.2017.pdf "Fighting Heroes Of The Intelligence Corps: Hero No. 2: Samuel Newland DSO Indian Army Intelligence Corps"] by Harry Fecitt intelligencemuseum.org
→China-Burma-India (CBI)
***Includes [http://www.ex-cbi-roundup.com/links.html CBI-related Websites, Books, Organizations] which includes a CBI Bibliography download (scroll down) which lists over three thousand titles.
***[http://www.ex-cbi-roundup.com/documents/1955_july.pdf ''Ex-CBI Roundup July 1955''] page 28 contains a List of “Air Corps Bases in CBI” for India, Burma and China
*Steve Rothwell’s [http://homepages.force9.net/rothwell/burmaweb/index.htm The Burma Campaign]::[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35192153 "How a forgotten British captain is a hero in Myanmar"] 31 January 2016 bbc.com. Capt. Peter Robert Sandham Bankes, Army of Burma Reserve of Officers attached to the Chin Levies.
*[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/burma-campaign/ The Circumstances of the War in Burma] Burma Star Association
*[http://ww2talk.com/forums/forum/53-burma-india/ WW2Talk Forum: Burma & India]. There is also a separate "ABDA-CBI-SEAC. Book thread."<ref>[http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/abda-cbi-seac-book-thread.25378/ ABDA-CBI-SEAC. Book thread.] ''WW2Talk Forum''</ref>
*[http://www.michiganwarstudiesreview.com/2010/20100706.asp "A Close View of the Disaster at the Sittang Bridge" [Burma 1942<nowiki>]</nowiki>] by Major E.R.B. Hudson of Malerkotla Field Company, an affiliated unit of the Royal [[Bombay Sappers and Miners]]. michiganwarstudiesreview.com
*[http://www.kaiserscross.com/304501/581001.html "Retreat from Burma 1942: The Struggles through the Northern Passes"] by Harry Fecitt “Harry’s Sideshows” kaiserscross.com
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kohima Battle of Kohima] Wikipedia; [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20270730 <nowiki>[</nowiki>Buckingham<nowiki>]</nowiki> Palace honours Battle of Kohima veterans] Includes some newsreel footage. 9 November 2012 www.bbc.co.uk
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060102200854/http://www.mod.uk/aboutus/history/kohima60/index.html WW2 60th Anniversary: The Battles for Kohima] mod.uk, now archived. Includes "British and Indian Army Units awarded the Battle Honour of Kohima".
*[https://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]
*[https://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'' [https://web.archive.org/web/2020080620020820190306042623/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), archived. He was promoted to command the 4th Battalion 1st Gurkha Rifles in 1944 at Kohima in the Burma campaign.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130529014355/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, archived. 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
*[http://mattoid.com/data/Military/Sikhs_Slim_and_stuff.htm "Sikhs in Burma Campaign" and "About Viscount Slim"] (scroll down) from [http://mattoid.com/index.htm mattoid.com]
*[http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/rafhistoricalsocietyjournals.cfm ''Bracknell Paper No 6: A Symposium on the Far East War'' [The RAF and WW2<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 24 March 1995. Royal Air Force Historical Society at raf.mod.uk. Scroll down for pdf download. [https://cms.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/F160EEBE_5056_A318_A80D03C599041DCD.pdf Direct download] Also available through the [http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/default/raf-historical-society-journals.aspx Royal Air Force Museum website] (scroll down)
*[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/WW2.html The Indian Air Force in the Second World War] bharat-rakshak.com
**[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/WW2/1093-In-the-Skies-of-Calcutta.html In the Skies of Calcutta : A tribute to Maurice Pring] by Joydeep Sircar . Details the bombing of Calcutta in December 1942
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150919014907/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
*Listen to the [http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80012137 1992 interview with Harold Douglas James] British officer served with 3/2nd Bn Gurkha Rifles with 3 Column 77 Bde during First Chindit Expedition in Burma, 1943. Imperial War Museums
