| The Indian Army in WW2
The Indian Army made a massive, but often forgotten, contribution to the Allied war effort during WW2. They fought In Europe, Africa, Burma and the South East Asia.
Some Divisions have become more famous than others - however, each palyed their own part in the final victory. I will, over the next few days provide potted histories of the Divisions listed below - for some, only a limited amount of information is available; for others, whole bookshelves.
And it should never be forgotton that Indian Divisions were mixed units - British, Indian, and sometimes other Commonwealth units worked as a single entity.
2nd Infantry Division
3rd Infantry Division (Chindits)
4th Infantry Division
5th Infantry Division
6th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
8th Infantry Division
9th Infantry Division
10th Infantry Division
11th Infantry Division
12th Infantry Division
14th Infantry Division
17th Infantry Division
19th Infantry Division
20th Infantry Division
23rd Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
26th Infantry Division
31st Armoured Division
34th Infantry Division
36th Infantry Division
39th Infantry Division (formerly British 1st Burma Division)
44th Armoured Division (reformed as Indian 44th Airborne Division)
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