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India’s Chapter in the Sixth year of War

1944

Down the Burma coast as far as Rangoon in the Andaman Sea and island-studded waters of Tenasserim and the wid.e spaces of the Indian Ocean up to the Straits of Malacca the Navy had shown its mettle in operations that had one object—the overthrow Of the Japanese in South-East Asia. [...] Ships of the Royal Navy and Royal Indian Nagy filled the maze of chaungs leading to this place Sloops MLs and the majority of the landing craft being the R.I. [...] N. wireless stations and their staffs throughout the_war in which they have been important links in the world-wide chain of Naval communBATHURST and BANGOR class fleet minesweepers of the Royal Indian Navy_ on their way to the mouth of the Rangoon rivereation.s the bulk of the load of signal traffic in the East falling on them. [...] INDIAN ARTILLERY THE FINAL YEAR of the war which saw the end of Germany and the hasty surrender of Japan saw too the men of the Indian Artillery in action against both enemies. [...] With the lessening of the air threat to India and the depletion of the Jap air forces in Burma the work of the I.O.
government politics public policy
Pages
72
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.142928
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-iv unknown view
Chapter One. India’s Great Contribution
1-8 unknown view
Chapter Two. The Royal Indian Navy
9-17 unknown view
Chapter Three. The Indian Army
18-35 unknown view
Chapter Four. The Royal Indian Air Force
36-41 unknown view
Chapter Five. Women’s Part in the War
42-46 unknown view
Chapter Six. The Civilian Effort
46-54 unknown view
Chapter Seven. Servicemen’s Welfare
54-60 unknown view
Chapter Eight. Recruiting Training and Demobilization
61-66 unknown view