The Azad Brigade or the 3rd Guerrilla Regiment was a unit of the

Indian National Army The Indian National Army (INA; ''Azad Hind Fauj'' ; 'Free Indian Army') was a collaborationist armed force formed by Indian collaborators and Imperial Japan on 1 September 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. Its aim was to secure In ...

that formed a part of the

First INA The First Indian National Army (First INA) was the Indian National Army as it existed between February and December 1942. It was formed with Japanese aid and support after the Fall of Singapore and consisted of approximately 12,000 of the 40,0 ...

and later part of the 1st Division after the INA's revival under Subhas Chandra Bose. After the revival of the INA in February 1943, the 3rd Guerrilla Regiment came under the command of Col. Gulzara Singh and consisted of three infantry battalions. It was one of the units that participated in the INA's disastrous

Imphal Campaign ) , partof = the Operation U-Go during the Burma Campaign in the South-East Asian theatre of World War II , image = Imphalgurkhas.jpg , image_size = 300 , caption = Gurkhas advancing with Grant tanks ...

, arriving in upper Burma immediately before the withdrawal began, protecting and supporting the Japanese forces withdrawing from the Indo-Burma border through the

Kabaw Valley The Kabaw Valley also known as Kubo valley is a highland valley in Myanmar's western Sagaing division, close to the border with India's Manipur. The valley is located between Heerok or Yoma ranges of mountains, which constitute the present day bo ...

. It later came under the command of Shah Nawaz Khan in 1944.

References

*Fay, Peter W. (1993), ''The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence, 1942-1945.'' Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press., {{Indian National Army South-East Asian theatre of World War II Military units and formations of the Indian National Army