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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.
The Indian servicemen who served in the British Indian Army, the Royal Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force during World War II and still had service period remaining at the time of India's Independence would go on to become serving members of the future armies, navies, and air forces of post-Partition India and Pakistan.
The Indian Army during British rule, also referred to as the British Indian Army, [9] [10] was the main military force of India until national independence in 1947. [9] Formed in 1895 by uniting the three Presidency armies, [11] it was responsible for the defence of both British India and the princely states, which could also have their own armies.
[1] [2] They then burst into the wards and bayoneted a number of British, Canadian and Indian wounded soldiers who were incapable of hiding. [1] The survivors and their nurses were imprisoned in two rooms upstairs. Later, a second wave of Japanese troops arrived after the fighting had moved further south, away from the school.
Indian soldiers of the British Indian Army inspect captured Japanese ordnance during the Kohima battle, April 1944. The British 2nd Division, commanded by Major General John M. L. Grover, had begun to arrive at Dimapur in early April. By 11 April, the Fourteenth Army had about the same number of troops in the area as the Japanese.
Pages in category "Indian Army personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 274 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
A modern display of the Indian National Army trials. The Indian National Army trials (also known as the INA trials and the Red Fort trials) was the British Indian trial by court-martial of a number of officers of the Indian National Army (INA) between November 1945 and May 1946, on various charges of treason, torture, murder and abetment to murder, during the Second World War.
Indian Army personnel who died on active service during World War II Pages in category "Indian Army personnel killed in World War II" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.