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***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 [httphttps://homepageswww.force9indiaburmasoldiers.netco.uk/rothwellindex.htm The Burma Campaign] **[https:/burmaweb/www.rmindianoceanww2.co.uk/index.htm Royal Marines in the Indian Ocean]. A subset of the website ''The Burma Campaign] ''. This web site presents histories of Royal Marines units that served on islands in the Indian Ocean, in Ceylon, India, Burma and South-East Asia during World War 2. Few Royal Marines came face-to-face with the Japanese in combat but they played a vital role in constructing and defending bases important to the success of the campaign in Burma.::[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.
*[https://www.academia.edu/39312056/Behind_the_enemy_line_British_led_guerrilla_operations_in_the_Indo_Burma_frontier_during_the_Second_World_War "Behind the enemy line: British-led guerrilla operations in the Indo-Burma frontier during the Second World War"] by Pum Khan Pau ''Small Wars and Insurgencies'' 2019, Vol. 30:2, 307-334. academia.edu. This paper discusses the case of three ethnic communities in the Indo-Burma frontier Kachin, Naga and Zo (Kuki-Chin) and the formation of the Kachin Levies, Chin Levies, and Naga Levies.
*[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/burma-campaign/ The Circumstances of the War in Burma] Burma Star Association
*Series: ''Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre''
**[https://archive.org/details/campaigns-in-south-east-asia-1941-42 ''Campaigns In South East Asia 1941-42''] by K D Bhargava and K N V Sastri 1960 Archive.org. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111425 2nd file Archive.org].
**[https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000052/mode/2up aclcpl0000052a351 ''The Retreat from Burma, 1941-42''] edited by Bisheshwar Prasad. No date but c 1953? Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**[https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000047/mode/2up aclcpl0000047a346 ''The Arakan Operations 1942-1945''] by Lieut-Colonel N N Madan 1954. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection, (digital file 952).**''The Reconquest of Burma Volume I'' 1958 . Catalogued as ''Official History Of The Indian Armed Forces In The Second World War,Vol. 1, 1939-45'' [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100570 Archive.org version]. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Burma1/index.html Contents] ibiblio.org/hyperwar. June 1942-June 1944. Authors: S.N. Prasad, K.D.Bhargava, P.N. Khera. [https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000054/mode/2up aclcpl0000054a353 2nd file] Archive.org.
**''The Reconquest Of Burma Volume II'' 1962 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111426 Archive.org version]. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/Burma2/index.html Contents] ibiblio.org/hyperwar. June 1944-August 1945. Authors: P.N. Khera, S.N. Prasad, published 1959.
** ''Post War Occupation Forces: Japan and South-east Asia'' by Rajendra Singh 1958. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111517 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000051/mode/2up aclcpl0000051a350 2nd file] Archive.org.
*Series: ''Campaigns in the Western Theatre''
** ''The North African Campaign 1940-1943'' 1956. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.463923/mode/2up Archive.org, File 1]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111420 Archive.org File 2]. [http://117.239.65.2:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/976 File 3] link to a pdf download, Directorate of Public Libraries, Government of Tamil Nadu (Connemara Public Library).
**''Campaign In Western Asia'' 1957. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100569 Archive.org version]. Iraq, Syria and Iran, and Paiforce.
**''The Campaign In Italy 1943-45'' 1962 . [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111423 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000049/mode/2up aclcpl0000049a348 2nd file] Archive.org.
**[https://archive.org/details/east-african-campaign-1940-41/page/n3/mode/2up ''East African Campaign 1940-41''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1963. Archive.org. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/EAfrica/index.html HyperWar transcribed version] ibiblio.org/hyperwar
*Series: ''General War Administration and Organisation''
**[https://archive.org/details/the-royal-indian-navy-1939-45 ''The Royal Indian Navy 1939-45''] by Instructor Lieutenant D.J.E. Collins, B.A.L.T. Indian Navy. 1964. Archive.org. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html HyperWar transcribed version]. ibiblio.org/hyperwar
**[https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000053/mode/2up aclcpl0000053a352 ''History of the Indian Air Force 1933-1945''] by S C Gupta 1961. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**''Technical Services: Ordnance and IEME'' 1962 (IEME =Corps of Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineering) (catalogued as ''Technical Services Ordnance And Ieme''). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111421 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000046/mode/2up aclcpl0000046a345 2nd file] Archive.org.
** ''Expansion Of The Armed Forces And Defence Organisation (1939- 45)'' by Nandan Prasad 1956. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97787 Archive.org version]. [http://117.239.65.2:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/481 2nd file] link to a pdf download, Directorate of Public Libraries, Government of Tamil Nadu (Connemara Public Library).
**''Defence of India Policy and Plans'' published 1957. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111564 Archive.org version]. [http://117.239.65.2:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/686 2nd file] link to a pdf download, Directorate of Public Libraries, Government of Tamil Nadu (Connemara Public Library).
**[https://archive.org/details/india-and-the-war ''India and the War''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1966. Archive.org.
*Series: ''Medical Services'' edited by B. L. Raina.
**''Medical Services: Administration'' 1953. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.119524 Archive.org version]. Catalogued as ''Official history of the Indian armed forces in the second world war - 1939-45 Administration''. A second [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111521 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000062aclcpl0000062a361/page/n1/mode/2up 3rd file], uploaded to Archive.org 2021/0712. This volume is also available on the [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories|subscription website]] South Asia Archive. [http://www.southasiaarchive.com/Content/sarf.145574/219058 Contents of the book]**''Medicine Surgery And Pathology'' 1955 (catalogued 1957). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111520 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000064/mode/2up aclcpl0000064a363 2nd file] (digital file 742) uploaded to Archive.org 2021/0712.** ''The Campaigns In The Western Theatre'' 1957. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111518 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000061/mode/2up aclcpl0000061a360 2nd file] Archive.org.**[https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000059/mode/2up aclcpl0000059a358 ''Preventive Medicine (Nutrition, Malaria Control and Prevention of Diseases''] edited by B L Raina, Lieut.-Colonel AMC 1961. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**[https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000060/mode/2up aclcpl0000060a359 ''Medical Services : Statistics''] edited by B L Raina, Lieut.-Colonel AMC 1962. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**[https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000058/page/n1/mode/2up aclcpl0000058a357 ''Medical Stores and Equipment''] edited by B L Raina, Lieut.-Colonel AMC 1963. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection.**''Campaigns In The Eastern Theatre'' 1964. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111565 Archive.org version]. [https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000063/page/n1/mode/2up aclcpl0000063a362 2nd file] Archive.org, (digital file 737).
* ''A Roll of Honour: the Story of the Indian Army'' by Major General J. G. Elliott. Full title is ''A Roll of Honour: the Story of the Indian Army, 1939-1945'', published 1965. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111189 Archive.org version] (missing page 1) and [https://archive.org/details/rollofhonourstor0000elli Archive.org Lending Library version].
: Also available as [https://archive.org/details/unfadinghonourst00elli ''Unfading honour; the story of the Indian Army, 1939-1945''] by Maj.-Gen. J G Elliott 1966. Archive.org Lending Library. Appears to be a better quality digital file.
**[[Corps of Guides, Punjab Frontier Force| The Guides]], on fold3 (pay website).
*[https://archive.org/details/MRARegimentalHistory ''M & R: A Regimental History of the Sikh Light Infantry 1941-1947''] by J D Hookway originally written 1999 is available in a second edition on Archive.org. This was the Mazhbi and Ramdasia Sikh Regiment. Alternative spelling: The Mazhabi and Ramdasia Sikh Regiment; The Mazabhi and Ramdasia Sikh Regiment.
*[https://archive.org/details/TheHistoryOfTheAssamRegiment dli.ernet.507517/page/n3/mode/2up ''The History of the Assam Regiment: Volume 1 1941 - 1947''] by Captain Peter Steyn 1959 Archive.org.
* ''The Indian Engineers, 1939-47'' by Lieut Colonel E. W. C. Sandes 1956. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.505988 Archive.org version].
*[https://archive.org/details/THEROYALBOMBAYSAPPERSMINERS19391947 ''The Royal Bombay Sappers & Miners 1939 - 1947''] Laurie and Cecilia Norman (eds.) 1999 Archive.org.
*''Purnell's History of the 20th Century'', in ten volumes, published 1971. WW2 period [https://archive.org/details/purnellshistoryo07newy/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 7], [https://archive.org/details/purnellshistoryo08newy/page/n9/mode/2up Volume 8]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. (Subsequently revised in 1979 as ''20th Century'' published in twenty volumes by Purnell Reference Books).
:''The Illustrated encyclopedia of 20th century weapons and warfare'' edited by Bernard Fitzsimons. Originally published 1967-1969 by Purnell & Sons Limited. Other editions to 1978. In 24 editions, arranged alphabetically. Includes WW2. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22The+Illustrated+encyclopedia+of+20th+century+weapons+and+warfare%22%29&sort=-publicdate Broken range of editions] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Volume 24 contains an [https://archive.org/details/illustratedencyc24fitz/page/2627/mode/2up Index] for the whole series.
:''History of the Second World War'', Volumes 1-8, Publisher Purnells is available on the pay website ''Forces War Records'' in the category [https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/documents/search?SearchQuery=%22History+of+the+Second+World+War%22 Historic Document UK, Historical Documents Library], category Magazine.
*''The Marshall Cavendish Illustrated Encyclopedia of World War II : an objective, chronological, and comprehensive history of the Second World War 1985''. In 12 Volumes.
:Volume 1 not available online, [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis02baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.2 1940-1941],[https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis03baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.3 1941-1942], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis04baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.4 1942-1943], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis05baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.5 1943-1944], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis06baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.6 1944],[https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis07baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.7 1944], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis08baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.8 1944-1945], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis09baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.9 1944-1945], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis10baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.10 1945-1946],[https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis11baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.11 1939-1946], [https://archive.org/details/marshallcavendis12baue/page/n3/mode/2up Vol.12 Biliography and Index] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/winstonchurchill0000keeg/page/n5/mode/2up ''Winston Churchill''] by John Keegan 2007 edition, first published 2002. A book in the series ''Penguin Lives''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/winstonswarchurc00hast_0/page/n7 ''Winston's War: Churchill, 1940-1945''] by Max Hastings 2010. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523806/page/n7/mode/2up ''The Second World War, 1939-45; a Strategical and Tactical History''] by Major- General J F C Fuller 1948 Archive.org.[https://archive.org/details/secondworldwar190000majo/page/n5/mode/2up 3rd edition 1968 reprint] Archive.org Texts to Borrow. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._F._C._Fuller J. F. C. Fuller] Wikipedia
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.276895/page/n1/mode/2up ''The Pattern Of War''] by Lieut. General Sir Francis Tucker 1948 Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/historyofsecondw00lidd ''History of the Second World War''] by B. H. Liddell Hart 1971 Archive.org Lending Library. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B._H._Liddell_Hart B. H. Liddell Hart] Wikipedia.
