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Historical books online
*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-234285211/view Maps: One inch [Burma series<nowiki>]</nowiki> c 1945] by Survey of India. nla.gov.au. Currently 21 maps have been digitised, from a much larger collection.
==Historical books online==
'''Note, the Digital Library of India is only operating in a minimal way. Select the Archive.org version if available'''.
*[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.
*[https://archive.org/details/burmaunderthejap017803mbp ''Burma under the Japanese : Pictures and Portraits''] by Thakin Nu, Prime Minister of Burma. Edited and translated, with introduction, by J.S. Furnivall 1954 Archive.org
*[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.)
*[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/in.ernet.dli.2015.60150 ''Last Flight From Singapore''] by Arthur G. Donahue 1943. The book tells the story of the battle, in particular the air battle for Singapore and the subsequent battle in the air over the jungle. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
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