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During the Second World War (1939–1945), India was a part of the British Empire. British India officially declared war on Nazi Germany in September 1939. [1] India, as a part of the Allied Nations, sent over two and a half million soldiers to fight under British command against the Axis powers.
The Raj At War: A People's History of India's Second World War (Random House India, 2015); published in US and UK as India At War: The Subcontinent and the Second World War (Oxford U.P. 2015) L, Klemen (2000). "Forgotten Campaign: The Dutch East Indies Campaign 1941–1942". Archived from the original on 26 July 2011
India and Provisional Government of Bangladesh vs. Pakistan: Indian subcontinent Mexican Revolution: 1–2.7 million [25] [48] 1910–1920 Anti-government forces vs. Pro-government forces Mexico Fang La Rebellion: 2 million [25] [49] 1120–1122 Song Dynasty vs. Fang La rebels China Ethiopian Civil War and Eritrean War of Independence: 1.75–2 ...
A Military History of India and South Asia: From the East India Company to the Nuclear Era (2006) Roy, Kaushik. From Hydaspes to Kargil: A History of Warfare in India from 326 BC to AD 1999 (2004) Roy, Kaushik. The Oxford Companion to Modern Warfare in India (2009) Sandhu, Gurcharn Singh. Military History of Medieval India (2003) Subramaniam ...
After the Sino-Indian War, the division was re-raised as a mountain division in 1963 and is currently headquartered at Rupa, in Arunachal Pradesh. Units of the erstwhile wartime division were absorbed into Jammu Division during the India-Pakistan War of 1947-1948; the Jammu Division was later renamed as the 26th Infantry Division.
World War II deaths by country World War II deaths by theater. World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history.An estimated total of 70–85 million deaths were caused by the conflict, representing about 3% of the estimated global population of 2.3 billion in 1940. [1]
In 1992 when Overmans began the project, German military dead in the war listed at the military search service Deutsche Dienststelle (WASt) were 4.3 million men (3.1 million confirmed dead and 1.2 missing and presumed dead). Since the collapse of communism previously classified documentation regarding German military casualties became available ...
The Civilian in War: The Home Front in Europe, Japan and the U.S.A. in World War II Exeter, UK: University of Exeter, 1992. Overy, Richard. The Bombers and the Bombed: Allied Air War Over Europe, 1940–1945 (Viking; 2014) 562 pages; covers the civil defence and the impact on the home fronts of Allied strategic bombing of Germany, Italy, France ...