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*[http://www.petergh.f2s.com/flashes.html British Formation Badges 1939-1945]. They were worn on the upper sleeve in pairs, on epaulets, on head gear etc. petergh.f2s.com. Also known as a flash, or a tactical recognition flash.
*[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1945/mar/16/british-army-discharge-procedure British Army (Discharge Procedure)] House of Commons 16 March 1945. Refers to King's Regulations Paragraph 390. "Most soldiers who are found to be medically unfit for further service in the Army are discharged under subheading 16". Another common reason is Sub-heading 18 (a), "Soldier's services being no longer required." Also see a WW2Talk Forum topic "Kings Regulations 1940".<ref> skimmod. [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/kings-regulations-1940.37197/ Kings Regulations 1940] ''WW2Talk Forum'' February 19, 2012. Log in to view images. Retrieved 16 November 2017.</ref>
*[http://books.stonebooks.com/subject/ Second World War books: Books by subject] A bibliography. With a link to reviews. Stone & Stone.
*[https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/documents/units/rnssc/ww2-at-sea-bibliography_20191113.pdf The Royal Navy and the War at Sea: a bibliography [WW2<nowiki>]</nowiki>] royalnavy.mod.uk
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/britishraj/Tiger3/index.html ''The Tiger Triumphs: The Story of Three Great Divisions in Italy''] Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office for the Government of India 1946 "The Fourth, Eighth and Tenth Indian Divisions will forever be associated with the fighting for Cassino, the capture of Rome, the Arno Valley, the liberation of Florence and the breaking of the Gothic Line". Transcribed by Chris Gage ibiblio.org. Alternative version from [http://www.ourstory.info/library/4-ww2/Tiger/triumphsTC.html ourstory.info] AFS [American Field Service]
* ''Eastern Epic Volume I'' 1951. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.113944 Archive.org version]. Full title: ''Eastern Epic Volume I September 1939 - March 1943 Defence'' by Sir Compton Mackenzie. "The story of India's efforts during the war" Includes the activities of Indian forces in the various theatres-North Africa, the Near East and Southeast Asia. Volume I appears to have been the only volume published.
*[https://archive.org/details/forgottenarmiesf00bayl/page/n5 ''Forgotten Armies : the Fall of British Asia, 1941-1945''] by Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper 2005. Archive.org Lending Library. India, Burma, Malaya, Singapore.
*Nine short histories, from a series of at least eleven,<ref>[http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/short-online-histories.51379/ WW2Talk Forum thread] Short online Histories, category British Indian Army</ref> published under the authority of the Director of Public Relations, War Department , Government of India. All from Archive.org . Note that for these books, original pages have been filmed two to each digital page, and you may need to adjust settings to read all the pages. Select the single page viewing option.
**[https://archive.org/details/TheFightingFifthHistoryOfTheFifthDivision ''The Fighting Fifth - History Of The Fifth Division''] Abyssinia, Burma. Note text out of order. Pages 7-10 and some accompanying photographs follow page 38. [https://archive.org/stream/TheFightingFifthHistoryOfTheFifthDivision/The%20Fighting%20Fifth%20-%20History%20of%20the%20Fifth%20Division#page/n27/mode/1up Maps]
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.143039 ''Wrath In Burma''] by Fred Eldridge 1946. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. Full title: ''Wrath in Burma : the uncensored story of General Stilwell and international maneuvers in the Far East''.
*[https://archive.org/details/stilwellpapers0000stil/page/n7 ''The Stilwell Papers''] by Joseph Warren Stilwell. Arranged and edited by Theodore H White. 1948. Archive.org Lending Library.
*''United States Army in World War II: China-Burma-India Theater''. Published by Center of Military History, United States Army.
**[https://archive.org/details/CMHPub9-1-nsia/page/n3/mode/2up ''Stilwell's Mission To China''] by Charles F Pomanus and Riley Sunderland 1987 reprint, first published 1953. Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/CMHPub9-2-nsia ''Stilwell's Command Problems''] by Charles F Pomanus and Riley Sunderland 1987 reprint, first published 1956. Parts One and Two, the North Burma Campaign, October 1943 to August 1944; Part Three China Theater. Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/walkoutwithstilw00dorn ''Walkout : with Stilwell in Burma''] by Frank Dorn 1971 Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/stilwellamerican00tuch/mode/2up ''Stilwell and the American experience in China, 1911-45''] by Barbara W Tuchman 1971. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/chinditwarstilwe00bidw ''The Chindit War : Stilwell, Wingate, and the Campaign in Burma, 1944''] by Shelford Bidwell 1980. Archive.org Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/stilwellpatriotv00roon_0/page/n5 ''Stilwell the Patriot: Vinegar Joe, the Brits and Chiang Kai-Shek''] by David Rooney 2005. Archive.org Lending Library.
:[https://archive.org/details/unofficialhistor00slim/page/n5 ''Unofficial History''] by Field Marshal Sir William Slim 1962, first published 1959. Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/unofficialhistor00slim/page/127 Chapters about WW2, Middle East] from page 127
:[https://archive.org/details/slimmasterofwarb0000lyma ''Slim, Master of War: Burma and the birth of modern warfare''] by Robert Lyman 2004. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library.
*[https://archive.org/details/roadpastmandalay0000mast ''The Road past Mandalay : a personal narrative''] by John Masters 1961. [https://archive.org/details/roadpastmandalay00mast 1979 reprint edition] Internet Archive (Archive.org) Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. 2nd volume of Autobiography. The short first part takes Masters and the 2/4th Ghurkas to Iraq and Syria. After a staff course back in India, the balance of the book concerns his time in Burma, with a Chindit Column. Also see the Fibiwiki page [[John Masters]].
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528012 ''Burma Surgeon''] by Gordon S Seagrave Lieut. Colonel, MC. United States Army Forces in China, Burma, India. 1944. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/details/burmasurgeon00seag 1943 Archive.org Lending Library edition] has more pages and may be easier to read.
:[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.238226 ''Burma Surgeon Returns''] by Gordon S Seagrave MD 1946. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. [https://archive.org/details/burmasurgeonretu00seag Archive.org Lending Library edition] - print quality may be better.
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