Campaign in western Asia
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Campaign in western Asia
(Official history of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War, 1939-45 / general editor, Bisheshwar Prasad)
Pentagon Press, 2012
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Reprint. Originally published: [Culcutta] : [Combined Inter-Services Historical Section (India & Pakistan)], [1957]
Includes index
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The volume Campaign in Western Asia describes the operations the operations conducted by the Indian troops in Iraq. Syria and Iran to stem the tide of German advance, which at one stage even threatened the Indian borders. Even after the Axis threat had been contained Indian forces continued to garrison the area to facilitate the transport of necessary war material to Russia. This in the way greatly helped the Russian war effort, which finally resulted in the defeat of Germans.
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