This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army_during_World_War_II 00:01:58 1 Background 00:03:19 2 Organization 00:06:15 2.1 1940 00:07:00 2.2 1941 00:07:39 2.3 1942 00:09:29 2.4 1943 00:11:18 2.5 1944 00:12:17 2.6 Infantry divisions 00:15:16 2.7 Armoured divisions 00:16:50 2.8 Airborne troops 00:18:15 2.9 Artillery 00:19:06 2.10 Engineers 00:19:41 2.11 Women's Auxiliary Corps 00:20:42 2.12 Indian States Forces 00:21:18 2.13 Chindits 00:22:41 3 Armies 00:22:55 3.1 Eighth 00:23:32 3.2 Ninth 00:24:05 3.3 Tenth 00:24:46 3.4 Twelfth 00:25:13 3.5 Fourteenth 00:26:16 3.6 Southern 00:26:46 3.7 North Western 00:27:09 4 Middle East and Africa 00:27:19 4.1 North Africa 00:31:29 4.2 East Africa 00:32:47 4.3 Iraq and Persia 00:34:49 4.4 Syria and Lebanon 00:35:28 5 South-East Asia 00:35:38 5.1 Hong Kong 00:36:07 5.2 Malaya 00:37:30 5.3 Singapore 00:38:02 5.4 Borneo 00:39:26 6 Burma 00:39:59 6.1 Japanese conquest of Burma 00:41:52 6.2 Burma Campaign 1943 00:43:22 6.3 Burma Campaign 1944 00:45:56 6.4 Burma Campaign 1945 00:47:49 6.5 Return to Malaya and Singapore 00:49:10 6.6 Post-Japanese surrender 00:49:59 7 Europe 00:50:08 7.1 France 00:50:41 7.2 Italy 00:53:04 7.3 Greece 00:54:27 8 India 00:55:21 9 Victoria Cross 00:56:13 9.1 East African campaign awards 00:57:13 9.2 Malayan campaign awards 00:58:06 9.3 Tunisian campaign awards 00:59:18 9.4 Burma campaign awards 01:15:15 9.5 Italian campaign awards 01:19:13 10 George Cross 01:23:08 11 Aftermath 01:26:31 12 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. Listen on Google Assistant through Extra Audio: https://assistant.google.com/services/invoke/uid/0000001a130b3f91 Other Wikipedia audio articles at: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wikipedia+tts Upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts Speaking Rate: 0.9678489372281489 Voice name: en-GB-Wavenet-D "I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= For other periods, see British Indian Army For Indians fighting with Imperial Japan, see Indian National Army For Indians fighting with Nazi Germany, see Indian Legion The British Indian Army during World War II began the war, in 1939, numbering just under 200,000 men. 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. Serving in divisions of infantry, armour and a fledgling airborne force, they fought on three continents in Africa, Europe and Asia.The British Indian Army fought in Ethiopia against the Italian Army, in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria against both the Italian and German Army, and, after the Italian surrender, against the German Army in Italy. However, the bulk of the Indian Army was committed to fighting the Japanese Army, first during the British defeats in Malaya and the retreat from Burma to the Indian border; later, after resting and refitting for the victorious advance back into Burma, as part of the largest British Empire army ever formed. These campaigns cost the lives of over 87,000 Indian servicemen, while another 34,354 were wounded, and 67,340 became prisoners of war. Their valour was recognised with the award of some 4,000 decorations, and 18 members of the Indian Army were awarded the Victoria Cross or the George Cross. Field Marshal Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army from 1942, asserted that the British "couldn't have come through both wars (World War I and II) if they hadn't had the Indian Army." British Prime Minister Winston Churchill also paid tribute to "The unsurpassed bravery of Indian soldiers and officers."

• published: 16 May 2019
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