Sepoys against the rising sun : : the Indian Army in Far East and South-East Asia, 1941-45 / / by Kaushik Roy.

• Author: Roy, Kaushik, 1971-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, [2015]
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: History of Warfare 106.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (457 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) suffered one of its greatest defeats in Burma. Both in Malaya and Burma, the bulk of the British Commonwealth forces comprised Indian units. Few people know that by 1944, about 70 percent of the Allied ground personnel in Burma was composed of soldiers of the Indian Army. The Indian Army comprised British-led Indian units, British officered units of the Indian princely states and the British units attached to the Government of India. Based on the archival materials collected from India and the United Kingdom, Sepoys against the Rising Sun assesses the combat/military/battlefield effectiveness of the Indian Army against the IJA during World War II. The volume is focussed on the tactical innovations and organizational adaptations which enabled the sepoys to overcome the Japanese in the trying terrain of Burma.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Maps -- 1 The Indian Army before the Far Eastern War -- 2 Fall of Hong Kong: 8 December–26 December 1941 -- 3 Disaster in Malaya: 8 December 1941–31 January 1942 -- 4 The Siege of Singapore: 4 February–15 February 1942 -- 5 Collapse in Sarawak and Borneo: 16 December 1941–3 April 1942 -- 6 Retreat from Burma: 11 December 1941–20 May 1942 -- 7 Reorganizing and Retraining the Indian Army: May 1942–February 1944 -- 8 Jungle War in the Arakan: 1942–1945 -- 9 Imphal and Kohima: March–July 1944 -- 10 Endgame in Burma: August 1944–15 August 1945 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Military Units Index.