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* ''With Wingate In Burma'' by David Halley 1945. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.81160 Archive.org version]
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.524260 ''Beyond the Chindwin, Being an Account of the Adventures of Number Five Column of the Wingate Expedition into Burma in 1943''] by Bernard Fergusson 1945. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. (Note, catalogued under a different title)
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208924 ''Chindit Column 76''] by W.A. Wilcox 1945. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*[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.
*[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/theraidersofarak0000unse/mode/2up ''The Raiders of Arakan''] by C. E. Lucas Phillips 1971. Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. The exploits of Denis Holmes and V Force (1943-44).
*[https://archive.org/details/quarteredsafeout00fras_0 ''Quartered Safe Out Here: A Recollection of the War in Burma''] by George MacDonald Fraser 1993 Archive.org Lending Library. [https://archive.org/details/QuarteredSafeOutHere Audio extracts] Archive.org, originally a BBC Radio Reading. He served in the Border Regiment. He was also the author of the ''Flashman'' series of novels. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_MacDonald_Fraser George MacDonald Fraser] Wikipedia.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.66605 ''Burma And The Japanese Invader''] by Christian John Leroy 1945. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection.
*Text from ''Navvies To The Fourteenth Army'' by AH Pilcher c 1947 is available as pdf downloads from the Koi Hai website, located under [http://www.koi-hai.com/Default.aspx?id=508961 Memories, the Henderson Family] Scroll down to the item dated October 12, 2009; the direct link for the [http://08.enable.com/fusion/getfile.asp?k:A6W:24:D1:11:8Dg:DC main text]. Note: Depending on your browser, you may need to locate the downloads in your downloads folder. The downloads do not contain the illustrations and maps from the original publication. The author was Col. A H Pilcher who at the outbreak of the second world war commanded the [[Assam Valley Light Horse]]. In March 1942 he was put in charge of raising a labour force from the Tea Plantations to build the Manipur/Burma Road to evacuate the 14th Army and also the many civilians who were fleeing Burma. Eventually he raised and commanded a labour force of 82000 <ref> Scroll down to comments section [http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/40/a2776340.shtml Jungle Work: A Civil Engineer in Burma] BBC ww2peopleswar</ref> This book (55 pages) was published in Calcutta for Private Circulation and was illustrated with black and white plates and line drawing maps. <ref> marelibri.com, page no longer accessible</ref> The [[British Library]] has a catalogue reference Mss Eur F174/1316, but it is not stated whether this is the printed book, or a manuscript. The book is available at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Library, University of London.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528129 ''Forgotten Frontier''] by Geoffrey Tyson, published 1945. Archive.org, Public Library of India Collection. The book is about the escape of refugees from Burma in 1942 and the help provided by the tea planters of Assam in assisting the refugees from North Burma into India.
*[https://archive.org/details/elephantbill0000will/page/170/mode/2up Part II] The War years. Page 171 ''Elephant Bill'' by Lt.-Col. J H Williams 1950. In 1942 he helped escort a group of women and children on the Trek out of Burma and later, in October, he was appointed elephant adviser to the Eastern Army (later XIV the Army). Archive.org Books to Borrow/Lending Library. [http://www.cbi-theater.com/elephants/elephants.html "Elephants at war"], by Philip Wynter ''Life'' April 10, 1944. In Burma, World War 2 from [http://www.cbi-theater.com/menu/cbi_home.html "China - Burma - India: Remembering the Forgotten Theater of World War II"]
*[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.)
