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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011062612/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/ ''The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force''] by Colonel A. Haywood and Brigadier F.A.S.Clarke. 1964. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk, now archived at Archive.org. Originally required Flash turned on, this requirement may still apply - if you see a Flash icon, click it. [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/files/assets/basic-html/toc.html Transcribed version]. Includes operations in Burma.
:''"West African Way" The Story of the Burma Campaigns 1943-1945, 5th Bn. Gold Coast Regt., 81 West African Division'' by Lt. Col. C. G. Bowen originally published 1946, is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/west-african-waythe-story-of-the-burma-campaigns-1943-1945-5th-bn-gold-coast-regt-81-west-african-division/ '''West African Way" The Story of the Burma Campaigns 1943-1945, 5th Bn. Gold Coast Regt., 81 West African Division''] by Lt. Col. C. G. Bowen. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 with title [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8-LtY0s36riycrFoi ''The Story of the Burma Campaigns''] (located in /Military Books (locate by the Search)/West Africa).
:[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/war-journal-of-the-fifth-kenya-battalion-the-kings-african-rifles-1939-1945/ ''War Journal Of The Fifth (Kenya) Battalion The King’s African Rifles 1939-1945''] by W. D. Draffan & T. C. Lewin is available on fold3.com, a pay website owned by Ancestry, located in Military Books (locate by the Search)/Kenya. This is an online version of a Naval & Military Press reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/war-journal-of-the-fifth-kenya-battalion-the-kings-african-rifles-1939-1945/ ''War Journal Of The Fifth (Kenya) Battalion The King’s African Rifles 1939-1945''] Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> Begins with the campaign against the Italians in Abyssinia and ends fighting the Japanese in Burma.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190518172353/http://www.bannedthought.net/Britain/BritishImperialism/TheBritishInVietnam-GeorgeRosie-London-1970.pdf ''The British in Vietnam: how the twenty-five-year war began''] by George Rosie 1970 Archive.org. File may be slow to open.
:[https://archive.org/details/firstvietnamwar0000dunn ''The First Vietnam War''] by Peter M Dunn 1985. "A short, sharp conflict in the late summer and autumn of 1945…Immediately after the Japanese surrender, Saigon was occupied by British/Indian forces…" Archive.org Lending Library. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kurDWLZ1PZYC&pg=PR5 "Contents" and "Preface"] Google Books. Earlier PhD thesis [https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29525/ ''An interpretation of documentary and oral primary source materials for the period September 1945 until May 1946 in the region of Cochinchina and Southern Annam''] by Peter M Dunn 1979 SOAS University of London.
*[https://archive.org/details/travelerstalemem0000cand/page/n9 ''A Traveler's Tale : Memories of India''] by Enid Saunders Candlin 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Life in India during the Second World War. The author’s husband was a metallurgist/chemical engineer who worked for the Inspectorate of Armaments in ordnance factories at [[Ishapore]] and Ambernath (Bombay Presidency) 1941-46, having been transferred from [[Hong Kong]].
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==Historical books online==
===Despatches, Offical histories (UK)===
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/londongazette.html Despatches Published in the ''London Gazette''] includes a number relating to Burma and South East Asia, in addition to the Middle East, North Africa, Malaya, etc. from "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web", section "The United Kingdom in the Second World War". Pdfs of pages from ''The London Gazette''.
:'' The London Gazette'' [https://www.thegazette.co.uk/awards-and-accreditation/content/100325 World War 2 despatches]. Links to all the military despatches from commanders-in-chief. ''The Gazette'' website.
** The maps may be poorly scanned in the above volumes.
**Also available in reprint editions<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/?s=%22War+Against+Japan%22&post_type=product ''War Against Japan''] Scroll. Naval & Military Press reprint editions.</ref> where the maps may be expected to be better, earlier editions of which are available as one online book [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8V47VpO7PcGmSmbtu '' The War Against Japan''] (2072 digital pages) on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 (located in Military books/Japan), which however consists of the first three volumes only, not the full five volume series.
===Indian Army===
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India India in World War II]. Details of the ''Official History of the Indian Armed Forces In the Second World War'' by the Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan), published in the 1950s and 1960s. From "HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web". HyperWar describes two volumes in the ''Medical Services'' series, however there are seven in total. The complete ''Medical Services'' series is ''v. 1. Administration.--v. 2. Medicine, surgery and pathology.--v. 3. Campaigns in the Western Theatre.--v. 4. Preventive medicine (nutrition, malaria control and prevention of diseases).(1961)--v. 5. Statistics (1962).--v. 6. Medical stores and equipment. (1963)--v. 7. Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre''. Further details of the series generally in the [http://stonebooks.com/archives/960515.shtml Book Survey] by Stone&Stone. A set of eight volumes was reprinted in 2012.<ref> WW2Talk Forum post [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/official-history-of-indian-armed-forces-in-the-second-world-war-reprints.47088/ Official History of Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War reprints] (retrieved 18 September 2018) </ref> Many of the ''Official History'' publications are available at the [[British Library]]. The online transcription publications on HyperWar are
**[http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html ''The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945''] by Instructor Lieutenant D.J.E. Collins, B.A.L.T. Indian Navy. 1964
**[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.
*''Fourth Indian Division'' by Lieut-Colonel GR Stevens OBE, published c 1945-48 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/fourth-indian-division/ ''Fourth Indian Division''] by Lieut-Colonel GR Stevens. Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available as an [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8EamDdOvsILTWwkKS online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in Military books (locate by the Search)/India). Covers five years of service in Eritrea, Syria, the Western Desert, Tunisia, Italy including Cassino, and Greece.
*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b4244561?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''The White Belts: History of the Corps of Military Police''] by Lt Col R Ganapathi, CMP Centre and School, Bangalore 1982 HathiTrust Digital Library. A researcher stated that this book contains "a huge amount of material on 4th Indian Division". Other theatres of war are also covered.
**[https://archive.org/details/alexanderoftunis0000jack_y5h0/mode/2up/ ''Alexander of Tunis, as Military Commander''] by W. G. F. Jackson (William Godfrey Fothergill, General, Sir) 1972. [https://archive.org/details/alexanderoftunis0000jack/page/n5/mode/2up/ 2nd file] Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
**[https://archive.org/details/alexlifeoffieldm00nico/page/n7/mode/2up/ ''Alex: the Life of Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis''] by Nigel Nicolson 1973. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
===China, Burma, India===
* ''The March On Delhi'' by A J Barker 1963. [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. Lt.-Col. Arthur James Barker (1918-1981) wrote many military histories. For one available online, see [[Mesopotamia Campaign]].
*[https://archive.org/details/ImphalFlowerOnLoftyHeights ''Imphal: A Flower On Lofty Heights''] by Lieutenant-General Sir Geoffrey Evans and Antony Brett-James 1962 Archive.org. 1944 Battle.
*[https://archive.org/details/royalairobservationcorps19351955book/page/n1/mode/2up ''Royal Air Observation Post. Auster Era 1936-1956. Evolution and Campaigns''] by Major Aamir Mushtaq Cheema 2012. Includes [https://archive.org/details/royalairobservationcorps19351955book/page/n105/mode/2up Chapter Five "Operations in Burma"] page 107. Archive.org. (AOP Air Observation Post, a light unarmed aircraft flown exclusively by Royal Artillery Officers. Air OP Squadron, A Royal Air Force Unit consisting of Squadron Headquarters and three Flights A, B and C attached to the Royal Artillery of a Corps.)
*''Far East'' by Cecil Beaton 1945. [https://archive.org/details/fareast0000beat/mode/2up Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library version with better photographs], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.217997/page/n7/mode/2up Archive.org version]. Well known photographer. During WW2 he worked for the UK Ministry of Information, which sent him to India, Burma and China 1943-1944 for six months (he was in China in 1944), as a war photographer. Chapters include [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.217997/page/n43/mode/2up "Assam, Burma and the Arakan Front"] page 22, and chapters on China.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20181011062612/http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/ ''The History of the Royal West African Frontier Force''] by Colonel A. Haywood and Brigadier F.A.S.Clarke. 1964. lib.militaryarchive.co.uk, now archived at Archive.org. Originally required Flash turned on, this requirement may still apply - if you see a Flash icon, click it. [http://lib.militaryarchive.co.uk/library/Miscellaneous-Volumes/library/The-History-of-the-Royal-West-African-Frontier-Force/files/assets/basic-html/toc.html Transcribed version]. Includes operations in Burma.
:''"West African Way" The Story of the Burma Campaigns 1943-1945, 5th Bn. Gold Coast Regt., 81 West African Division'' by Lt. Col. C. G. Bowen originally published 1946, is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/west-african-waythe-story-of-the-burma-campaigns-1943-1945-5th-bn-gold-coast-regt-81-west-african-division/ '''West African Way" The Story of the Burma Campaigns 1943-1945, 5th Bn. Gold Coast Regt., 81 West African Division''] by Lt. Col. C. G. Bowen. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which in turn is available online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 with title [https://www.fold3.com/browse/310/hTGb85NZ8-LtY0s36riycrFoi ''The Story of the Burma Campaigns''] (located in /Military Books (locate by the Search)/West Africa).
:[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/war-journal-of-the-fifth-kenya-battalion-the-kings-african-rifles-1939-1945/ ''War Journal Of The Fifth (Kenya) Battalion The King’s African Rifles 1939-1945''] by W. D. Draffan & T. C. Lewin is available on fold3.com, a pay website owned by Ancestry, located in Military Books (locate by the Search)/Kenya. This is an online version of a Naval & Military Press reprint edition.<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/war-journal-of-the-fifth-kenya-battalion-the-kings-african-rifles-1939-1945/ ''War Journal Of The Fifth (Kenya) Battalion The King’s African Rifles 1939-1945''] Naval & Military Press reprint.</ref> Begins with the campaign against the Italians in Abyssinia and ends fighting the Japanese in Burma.
*[https://archive.org/details/travelerstalemem0000cand/page/n9 ''A Traveler's Tale : Memories of India''] by Enid Saunders Candlin 1974. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Life in India during the Second World War. The author’s husband was a metallurgist/chemical engineer who worked for the Inspectorate of Armaments in ordnance factories at [[Ishapore]] and Ambernath (Bombay Presidency) 1941-46, having been transferred from [[Hong Kong]].
===Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaya, Dutch East Indies, Vietnam===
*[https://archive.org/details/sueztosingapore0000brow/page/n5 ''Suez to Singapore''] by Cecil Brown 1942. [https://archive.org/details/sueztosingapore0b81brow/page/n5 2nd digital file]. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The author was an American war correspondent for the Columbia Broadcasting System attached to the British Forces in the Middle East and the Far East.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127425 ''Singapore And After: A Study Of The Pacific Campaign''] 1942. The author is stated elsewhere to be Joseph Montague Kenworthy, 10th Baron Strabolgi. Archive.org. Public Library of India Collection.
*[https://archive.org/details/intelligencewara00rich ''Intelligence and the war against Japan : Britain, America and the politics of secret service''] by Richard J. Aldrich 2000. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/retributionbattl00hast/mode/2up ''Retribution : the battle for Japan, 1944-45''] by Max Hastings 2008. UK title ''Nemesis: the battle for Japan, 1944-45''. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190518172353/http://www.bannedthought.net/Britain/BritishImperialism/TheBritishInVietnam-GeorgeRosie-London-1970.pdf ''The British in Vietnam: how the twenty-five-year war began''] by George Rosie 1970 Archive.org. File may be slow to open.
:[https://archive.org/details/firstvietnamwar0000dunn ''The First Vietnam War''] by Peter M Dunn 1985. "A short, sharp conflict in the late summer and autumn of 1945…Immediately after the Japanese surrender, Saigon was occupied by British/Indian forces…" Archive.org Lending Library. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kurDWLZ1PZYC&pg=PR5 "Contents" and "Preface"] Google Books. Earlier PhD thesis [https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29525/ ''An interpretation of documentary and oral primary source materials for the period September 1945 until May 1946 in the region of Cochinchina and Southern Annam''] by Peter M Dunn 1979 SOAS University of London.
===General===
* ''The Monastery''. Full title: ''The Monastery. An account of the assault of the Abbey of Monte Cassino in 1944'' by Fred Majdalany 1945. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.523828 Archive.org version].
* ''Neither Fear Nor Hope''. Full title: ''Neither Fear nor Hope. The wartime career of General Frido von Senger und Etterlin, defender of Cassino''. Translated by George Malcolm. 1963. The memoir of General Frido von Senger, first published in the German language in 1960 as ''Krieg in Europa''. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.119495 Archive.org version].
*[https://archive.org/details/IanHay1951ArmyNursing ''One Hundred Years of Army Nursing : The Story of the British Army Nursing Service from the time of Florence Nightingale to the present day''] by John Hay Beith 1953 Archive.org. Contains chapters on WW2, including India and Burma.
:[https://archive.org/details/sistersinarmsbri0000tyre_y2h3/mode/2up ''Sisters in Arms : British Army Nurses Tell Their Story''] by Nicola Tyrer 2008. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. Second World War. Includes
:*[https://archive.org/details/sistersinarmsbri0000tyre_y2h3/page/254/mode/2up India and Burma] page 255
*''An Atlas History Of The Second Great War'' by J F Horrabin, in ten volumes, published 1940-1946. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226483 Vol. 1 Sept. 1939-Jan. 1940], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278581 Vol. 2 Jan. 1940-July 1940], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.278580 Vol. 3 July 1940-Jan. 1941], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143334 Vol. 4 Jan. 1941-July 1941], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226484 Vol. 5 Jul. 1941-Jan. 1942], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127482 Vol. 6 Jan. 1942-Jul. 1942], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.190809 Vol. 7 Jul. 1942-Jan. 1943], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127484 Vol. 8 Jan. 1943-Aug. 1943], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.226482 Vol. 9 Sept. 1943-Apr. 1944]
