A HAPPY FAMILYThe Story of the Twentieth Indian Division, April 1942-August ...

A HAPPY FAMILY The Story of the Twentieth Indian Division, April 1942-August 1945\nOne of the few Indian Divisions in the 14th Army trained specifically for the war in Burma. Raised in Bangalore in 1942, it commenced active operations in late 1943 and served from Imphal through the end. It established 14th Army\u2019s first brigade-head across the Chindwin and its second such brigade-head across the Irradawddy. It\u2019s final task was to round up the Japanese in French Indo-China.\nBetween 1945 and 1947 the Director of Public Relations, War Department, Government of India, published a series of short publications covering the individual histories of the WWII Indian Divisions. They followed a consistent format, having between 44 and 48 pages within illustrated soft card covers. They have an average of 50 monochrome photographic illustrations, and each has a full colour centre-spread depicting a scene from the Division\u2019s wartime operations (drawn by official war artists). With th.