The Indian Army, 1939-47 Experience and Development - Jeffreys, Alan (Ashgate Pub., 2012)
Cover; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The Evolution and Use of British Imperial Military Formations; 2 Indian Army Command Culture and the North West Frontier, 1919-1939; 3 Did Winston Matter? Churchill and the Indian Army, 1940-1945; 4 Training the Indian Army, 1939-1945; 6 'Debunking the Bunker': From Donbaik to Razabil, January 1943-March 1944; 7 The Re-capture of Rangoon, 1945: The Last and Greatest Victory of the British Indian Army; 8 The 20th Indian Division in French Indo-China; 9 Re-forging the Damascus Blade: Partition of the Indian Armoured Corps, 1947
10 A Dismal Story? Britain, the Gurkhas and the Partition of India, 1945-194811 Small Wars and Internal Security: The Army in India, 1936-1946; Index
This volume examines the Indian Army between the outbreak of war in 1939 and the partition of India in 1947. With contributions from many of those at the forefront of the study of the Indian Army and Commonwealth history, the book makes a substantial contribution to a range of subjects, from the Indian Army's participation in the Second World War, to the evolution of wartime training, frontier operations, and its role in the development of post-war counterinsurgency practice. The volume concludes with several chapters examining the impact and legacy of Partition in 1947
Includes bibliographical references and index