India in World War II
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During the Second World War, India was a part of the British Empire. British India officially declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939. India, as a part of the Allied Nations, sent over two and
Infantrymen of the 1/5 Maratha Light Infantry during training, Florence, Italy, 28 August 1944
Indian Airforce Pilots after a mission during the Burma Campaign
Victory Week Parade in Delhi to celebrate the final defeat of the Axis powers, March 1946.
Indian women training for air raid precautions (ARP) duties in Bombay, 1942.
Battle of Imphal
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The Battle of Imphal, also known as the "Stalingrad of the East" in combination with Kohima, took place in the region around the city of Imphal, the capital of the state of Manipur in Northeast India
Gurkhas advancing with Grant tanks to clear the Japanese from Imphal-Kohima road in North Eastern British India
Lt. Gen. Renya Mutaguchi, commanding Fifteenth Army
Lieutenant General William Slim, commanding Fourteenth Army
Lieutenant General Geoffry Scoones, commanding IV Corps