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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 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.
World War II sites in Pakistan (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Military history of India during World War II" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.
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.
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 ...
Pages in category "Indian Army personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 272 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This category includes articles on people involved with World War II who, after the 1947 partition of British India, became Indians. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
Indian POWs in Derna, Libya, 1941.. The first troops of the Indian Legion were recruited from Indian POWs captured at El Mekili, Libya during the battles for Tobruk.The German forces in the Western Desert selected a core group of 27 POWs as potential officers and they were flown to Berlin in May 1941, to be followed, after the Centro I experiment, by POWs being transferred from the Italian ...