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The war in the East

Radio 4 Saturday 10:30 Stand at East
Which army, over two million men strong, had not a single conscript? Which army bore the brunt of the Japanese attack on Burma and Malaya? Which army fought in North Africa and took part in the assault on Monte Cassino in Italy? The answer is the World War Two Indian Army: a remarkable fighting force of men from almost every caste, creed and corner of India, serving under both British and Indian officers. It played a crucial but forgotten role in the allied victory.

Sir Mark Tully presents a unique testimony of this force in its glory days.

1/3. This programme looks at the transformation of the Indian Army from using horses to tanks, and small arms to artillery, from an army limited to defending India to a force which expanded twelvefold to become the world's largest ever volunteer army fighting on many different fronts.
tahir

Should prove a really interesting programme, I tried in vain after last year Islamophobic BNP election broadcast to find out more on the casualty figures for Indian servicemen in both World Wars.

Apart from the Indians of course there were the many people of different nationalities who fought for the allies that have almost been forgotten. There was a series about VE Day on the radio the other week and in it a Jamaican who decided to settle in the UK after having fought in the war recounted his difficulties in finding a place to live:

"No Dogs, No Irish, No Blacks"
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