The Indian Army 1914-1947, Elite No 75

At the height of its strength and confidence the army of British India was a unique organisation, whose officers and other ranks - all volunteers - were bound together by extraordinary ésprit de corps. Already the largest volunteer army in the world in 1914, by 1918 it had quadrupled in strength to nearly 600,000 men. Indian divisions served with distinction on the Western Front and, particularly, in the Middle East. After interwar campaigns on the North-West Frontier, in the Second World War Indian divisions made a major contribution to the British effort in North Africa, Italy and Burma. With independence and partition the old army was divided between the new states of India and Pakistan, retaining its discipline and professional pride in the most difficult circumstances.

Contents:

• The Indian Army in 1914 - Kitchener's Reforms
• The First World War
• Between the Wars
• The Second World War
• Partition
• The Regiments
• Select Bibliography
• The Plates
• Index

Author: Ian Sumner

Illustrated by: Mike Chappell

Publisher: Osprey Publishing

Description: 64 pages, Paperback, 248 X 185 mm. 

Condition: NEW COPY

Shipping weight: 350 gr.