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Significantly, in World War II, several Indian officers also received the Distinguished Service Order (DSO). The DSO was a level 2A order-cum-decoration, second only to the Victoria Cross, that could be bestowed only upon commissioned officers for operational gallantry and leadership under conditions of actual combat.
The Battles and Operations involving the Indian National Army during World War II were all fought in the South-East Asian theatre.These ranges from the earliest deployments of the INA's preceding units in espionage during Malayan Campaign in 1942, through the more substantial commitments during the Japanese Ha Go and U Go offensives in the Upper Burma and Manipur region, to the defensive ...
Men of the 26th Indian Infantry Division preparing a meal beside a temple on Ramree Island, January 1945. Beginning in late 1944, the division was committed once again to the Arakan. During the Third Arakan Offensive and subsequent operations, 26th Division took part mainly in amphibious operations, including the unopposed capture of Akyab ...
The Indian National Army (INA; Azad Hind Fauj / ˈ ɑː z ɑː ð ˈ h i n ð ˈ f ɔː dʒ /; lit. 'Free Indian Army') was a collaborationist armed unit composed of Indians fighting under the command of the Japanese Empire. [1] It was founded by Mohan Singh in September 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II.
The Indian Army during World War II, a British force also referred to as the British Indian Army, [1] began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000 men. [2] By the end of the war, it had become the largest volunteer army in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in August 1945.
This is a list of British-Indian Army divisions in World War II. Divisions by type. Airborne. 9th Airborne Division; 44th Airborne Division ... additional terms may ...
Part of a series on the History of India Timeline Prehistoric Madrasian culture Soanian, c. 500,000 BCE Neolithic, c. 7600 – c. 1000 BCE Bhirrana 7570 – 6200 BCE Jhusi 7106 BCE Lahuradewa 7000 BCE Mehrgarh 7000 – 2600 BCE South Indian Neolithic 3000 – 1000 BCE Ancient Indus Valley Civilization, c. 3300 – c. 1700 BCE Post Indus Valley Period (Cemetery H Culture), c. 1700 – c. 1500 ...
9 August – Indian leader, Mohandas Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces. August – Newly married couple Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi are arrested for their participation in Quit India movement. 16 October – Hurricane and flooding in Bombay: 40,000 dead. December – Many demonstrators were lathi-charged and assassinated.