The Indian Army, 1939-47 : Experience and Development (Paperback)

Contents: Foreword, Sir John Chapple; Introduction; The evolution and use of British imperial military formations, Ashley Jackson; Indian Army command culture and the North West Frontier, 1919-1939, Patrick Rose; Did Winston matter? Churchill and the Indian Army, 1940-1945, Raymond Callahan; Training the Indian Army, 1939-1945, Alan Jeffreys; The Battle of Wadi Akarit, 6 April 1943; 4th Indian Division and its place in 8th Army, Chris Mann; 'Debunking the bunker': from Donbaik to Razabil, January 1943-March 1944, Tim Moreman; The re-capture of Rangoon, 1945: the last and greatest victory of the British Indian Army, Graham Dunlop; The 20th Indian Division in French Indo-China, Daniel Marston; Re-forging the Damascus blade: partition of the Indian Armoured Corps, 1947, Ashok Nath; A dismal story? Britain, the Gurkhas and the partition of India, 1945-1948, David Omissi; Small wars and internal security: the Army in India, 1936-1946, Robert Johnson; Index.