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:It appears that a total of 25 ''Official History'' volumes were published, series General Editor Dr Bisheshwar Prasad, seven volumes in the ''Medical Services'' series above, together with: Campaigns in the Eastern theatre: [v.1] ''Campaigns in South-East Asia, 1941-42'' (Hong Kong, Malaya, Borneo).-[v.2] ''The retreat from Burma, 1941-42''.-[v.3] ''Arakan operations, 1942-45''.-[v.4,5] ''Reconquest of Burma, 1942-45''.-[v.6] ''Post-war occupation forces : Japan and South-East Asia''. Campaigns in the Western theatre [v.1] ''North African campaign, 1940-43''.-[v.2] ''Campaign in western Asia'' (Iraq, Syria, Iran and Paiforce).-[v.3] ''Campaigns in Italy''.-[v.4] ''East African campaign 1940-41''. General war administration and organisation: [v] ''The Royal Indian Navy 1939-1945''. [v] ''History of the Indian Air Force, 1933-45''. [v] ''The Corps of Indian Engineers, 1939-1947''. [v] ''Technical services: ordnance and I.E.M.E''. [v] ''Expansion of the armed forces and defence organisation, 1939-45''. [v] ''Defence of India: Policy and Plans''. [v] ''Indian War Economy: Supply, Industry & Finance''. [v] ''India and the War''.
:The following volumes were originally available on the Digital Library of India website, now closed. From January 2017, mirror versions of these books have been available on Archive.org. There are also some editions which were added later to Archive.org. in the collection Servants Of Knowledge.
:*Series: ''Campaigns in the Eastern Theatre''
:**''Campaigns In South East Asia'' 1960 (catalogued 1962) [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111425 Archive.org version].
:**''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.
:**''The Reconquest Of Burma Vol 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]
:*Series: ''Campaigns in the Western Theatre''
:** ''The North African Campaign 1940-1943'' 1956. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.111420 Archive.org version].
:**''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/aclcpl00000222 ''East African Campaign 1940-41''] by Bisheshwar Prasad 1963. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection. [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/aclcpl00000224 ''The Royal Indian Navy 1939-45''] by Instructor Lieutenant D.J.E. Collins, B.A.L.T. Indian Navy. 1964. Archive.org, Servants Of Knowledge collection. [http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/India/RIN/index.html HyperWar transcribed version]. ibiblio.org/hyperwar
:**[https://archive.org/details/aclcpl0000053/mode/2up ''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].
:** ''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]
