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The 17th Infantry Division is a formation of the Indian Army.During the Second World War, it had the distinction of being continually in combat during the three-year-long Burma Campaign (except for brief periods of refit).
The Burma campaign was a series of battles fought in the British colony of Burma.It was part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and primarily involved forces of the Allies (mainly from the British Empire and the Republic of China, with support from the United States) against the invading forces of the Empire of Japan.
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 Africa Star with, if awarded, the first earned of clasps for North Africa 1942–43, 8th Army or 1st Army. [11] Either the Pacific Star or Burma Star. Those earning both received the first qualified for, with the appropriate clasp to represent the second. [12] [2] The Italy Star. [13] All recipients of campaign stars also received the War ...
The Burma Corps ('Burcorps') was an Army Corps of the Indian Army during the Second World War. It was formed in Prome , Burma , on 19 March 1942, took part in the retreat through Burma , and was disbanded on arrival in India in May 1942.
The XV Corps was a corps-sized formation of the British Indian Army, which was formed in India during the Second World War. It took part in the Burma Campaign and was disbanded after the end of the war. While part of the British Indian Army, it included other commonwealth units, namely the 22nd and 28th East African Brigades.
The 14th Indian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Arakan Campaign 1942–43 , and was subsequently converted into a Training Division, providing drafts of replacements for units of the Fourteenth Army during the Burma Campaign .
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.