The Indian XXXIV Corps was formed in March 1945 to be part of the
British Fourteenth Army
The British Fourteenth Army was a multi-national force comprising units from Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries during the World War II, Second World War. As well as British Army units, many of its units were from the British Indian ...
for
Operation Zipper, the invasion of
British Malaya
The term "British Malaya" (; ms, Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century. U ...
. Significant formations under Fourteenth Army for 'Zipper,' possibly under XXXIV Corps, included
5th Indian Division,
23rd Indian Division,
25th Indian Infantry Division, and
26th Indian Infantry Division
The 26th Indian Infantry Division, was an infantry division of the Indian Army during World War II. It fought in the Burma Campaign.
History
When the Japanese invaded Burma in 1942, the various units in training or stationed around Barrackpur n ...
.
Since Japan surrendered before the operation could be executed, the corps, under the command of Lieutenant-General
Ouvry Roberts, did not see wartime service. It did, however, see occupation duty after the conflict was over.
XXXIV Corps was still active in September 1945 in Malaya, with HQ 2nd British Infantry Division, 25th Indian Division,
50th Indian Tank Brigade, and
150th Indian Infantry Brigade, which was en route to
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
.
Which 150th Brigade is unclear; maybe Joslin can sort this out.
References
Corps of British India
Corps of India in World War II
Military units and formations of the British Empire in World War II
1945 establishments in the British Empire
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