Chindits in Burma, 1944
British and Indian troops in action, 80 miles south of Mandalay, in March 1945
Madras Sappers and Miners work on a 'corduroy' road east of Kohima, on the Jessami track, August 1944. Timber provided a cheap way of producing a reasonably durable road surface for those hard-to-reach areas where mule or air transport was not enough.
Indian Paratroopers during World War II, with a British officer. Source: Parachute Regiment (India).
The first Indians to parachute - Captain Rangaraj (right) and Havildar Major Mathura Singh (left).
British and Indian troops exchange pleasantries as they meet on the road between Imphal and Kohima following the successful relief of the Kohima box. Circa April 1944.
A truly spectacular image. In the heat of the moment - Indian soldiers storm a German trench, after exploding it with hand grenades. Circa 1945.
An Italian soldier surrenders to a Jawan, during Operation Crusader, of an unnamed Division and Regiment, on 08 December 1941. The purpose of Operation Crusader was two-fold; to relieve Tobruk and destroy the Afrika Korp. First part of the conflict was a success, the second a failure. The battle took place between the Egyptian border and El Agheila in Libya.
An Indian soldier holds a captured Nazi flag. Circa 1945.
Medium artillery guns get unusual attention from their detachments.
Indian paratroopers being dropped at Elephant Point, Burma on 1 May 1945.
Flag captured from the 90th Panzer Light Division at Ruweisat Ridge. Circa 1942.
A Lieutenant Colonel from the 20th Indian Division, accepts the formal surrender of a Japanese Commander at Saigon, Vietnam in September 1945.
A group from the 152nd Para Battalion displaying the Japanese flag they captured while operating against the Japanese Army at Tangkhul Hundung. Circa 1945.
The Great War (World War I) A cover from a piece of British sheet music. Circa 1914. Note that the Indian soldiers are pictured as still being armed with the single shot Martini-Henry rifles and muzzle loading artillery!">
