The efficient running of the North-east Indian railways during World War II became critical to the success of the Allied war effort in the South-East Asian Theatre.
Allied lines of communication in South East Asia (1942–43).
The British Fourteenth Army was a multi-national force comprising units from Commonwealth countries during the Second World War. It was composed of units of the British Army, many from the Indian Army
Portrait of William Slim, as commander of the Fourteenth Army, commissioned by the Ministry of Information.
Lt.-Gen. Slim, commanding the Fourteenth Army, chatting to a Gurkha rifleman. Near Pallel, November 1944.
Fourteenth Army memorial in Bristol