Reginald SavoryLieutenant-GeneralSir Reginald Arthur SavoryKCIECBDSOMCDL (26 July 1894 − 14 June 1980) was a British Indian Army officer who served during both World War I and World War II. Military careerEducated at Uppingham School, he then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Savory was commissioned onto the Unattached List of the Indian Army and posted to the 14th Sikhs in 1914.
Indian Army during World War IIThe Indian Army during World War II, a British force also referred to as the British Indian Army, began the war in 1939, numbering just under 200,000 men. By the end of the war, it had become the largest volunteer army in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in August 1945. Serving in divisions of infantry, armor and a fledgling airborne force, they fought in Africa, Europe and Asia.
Indian ArmyLand service branch of the Indian Armed ForcesMilitary unitThe Indian Army (IA) (ISO: Bhāratīya Sēnā) is the land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS). The Indian Army was established on 1 April 1895 alongside the long established presidency armies of the East India Company, which too were absorbed into it in 1903.
ImphalImphal (UK: IM-fahl, US: IMP-hul; Meitei: [impʰal]) is the capital city of the Indian state of Manipur. The metropolitan centre of the city contains the ruins of Kangla Palace (officially known as Kangla Fort), the royal seat of the former Kingdom of Manipur, surrounded by a moat. Spread over parts of the districts of Imphal West and Imphal East, the former contains the majority of the city's area and population.
ManipurState in northeastern IndiaState in Northeast India, IndiaManipur (, IPA:) is a state in northeastern India, with Imphal as its capital city. It borders the Indian states of Assam to the west, Mizoram to the south, and Nagaland to the north and shares the international border with Myanmar, specifically the Sagaing Region to the east and Chin State to the southeast.
Division (military)A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 6,000 and 25,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades; in turn, several divisions typically make up a corps. Historically, the division has been the default combined arms unit capable of independent operations. Smaller combined arms units, such as the American regimental combat team (RCT) during World War II, were used when conditions favored them.
Burma campaign1941–1945 campaign during World War IIBelligerentsAllies:United Kingdom IndiaBurma SomalilandGold CoastKenyaNigeriaNorthern RhodesiaSouthern RhodesiaNyasalandUgandaCanadaChinaUnited States NepalPBF (1945)Medical support:Belgian CongoAxis: JapanState of BurmaAzad HindThailandCommanders and leadersArchibald WavellLouis MountbattenGeorge GiffardWilliam SlimDu YumingLuo ZhuoyingWei LihuangJoseph StilwellAung San (1945)Shōjirō IidaMasakazu KawabeHeitarō KimuraRenya MutaguchiSubhas Chandra BoseBa MawAung San (1941–1945)C. R. SeriroengritPhin ChoonhavanStrength1942–194395,000–103,000 42,000–47,0001944–1945 1,000,000 250,000 12,000 15,0001942–1943 ~300,000 35,000 23,000 (1942)1944–1945 316,700 (1944) 43,000 (1945)Casualties and lossesTotal Allied Casualties: 212,016–233,016 122,163–143,163 casualties 40,000 – 61,000 losses during the 1942 Japanese conquest of Burma82,163 casualties from 1943 to 1945 ~86,600 casualties 28,878 killed and missing44,731 wounded~12,700 died of disease 3,253 total casualtiesTotal Axis Casualties: 210,000–228,000+ 200,000–220,000 casualties 144,000 – 164,500 total dead including disease115,000+ killed in action56,000 wounded ~150 in combat • 5,149 died from diseases 2,615 dead or missing 250,000 to 1,000,000 Burmese civilians killed^Most died during the retreat.^An alternative estimate is 56,480 losses ^Total Chinese losses were 35,812 killed or missing, with 46,351 wounded.
IndiaCountry in South AsiaIndia, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Battle of SurabayaBelligerentsIndonesiaUnited KingdomBritish RajCommanders and leadersArio SoerjoSutomoMoestopoMuhammad MangundiprojoMuhammad YasinJoop WarouwA.W.S. Mallaby† R.G.L. Symonds †Robert ManserghUnits involvedIndonesian People's Revolutionary FrontSpecial Police UnitPeople's Security ArmyLoyalty of the Indonesian People from Sulawesi (KRIS)Hezbollah militiaTentara Pelajar5th Indian Infantry Division23rd Indian Infantry DivisionStrength20,000 infantry troops100,000–140,000 youth volunteers 30,000~48 tanks24 aircraft2 cruisers3 destroyersCasualties and losses 6,300–16,000+ dead 295–2,000 deadThe Battle of Surabaya (Javanese: ꦦꦺꦂꦠꦺꦩ꧀ꦥꦸꦫꦤ꧀ ꦯꦸꦫꦧꦪ; Indonesian: Pertempuran Surabaya) was a major battle in the Indonesian National Revolution fought between regular infantry and militia of the Indonesian nationalist movement and British and British Indian troops against the re-imposition of Dutch colonial rule.
Ouvry RobertsGeneralSir Ouvry Lindfield Roberts, GCB, KBE, DSO (3 April 1898 – 16 March 1986) was a senior officer of the British Army and the British Indian Army during the First and Second World Wars. Military careerEducated at Cheltenham College, the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich and King's College, Cambridge, Ouvry Roberts was commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 6 June 1917.
JhansiJhansi (pronounced) is a historic city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. (Toshan) Balwant Nagar was the old name of Jhansi. It lies in the region of Bundelkhand, on the banks of the Pahuj River, in the extreme south of Uttar Pradesh. Jhansi is the administrative headquarters of Jhansi district and Jhansi division. Also called the Gateway to Bundelkhand, Jhansi is situated near and around the rivers Pahuj and Betwa at an average elevation of 285 m (935 ft).
InfantryInfantry, or infantryman are a type of soldier who specialize in ground combat, typically fighting dismounted. Historically the term was used to describe foot soldiers, i.e. those who march and fight on foot. In modern usage, the term broadly encompasses a wide variety of subspecialties, including light infantry, irregular infantry, heavy infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry, mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and naval infantry.
Indonesian National RevolutionBelligerentsIndonesiaPDRITNIPOLRIJapanese holdoutsInternal conflict:DI/TII (from 1948) FDRTangerang Pro-Indonesia local militia groupsNetherlandsDutch East IndiesKNILNICAPao An TuiUnited KingdomBritish RajAustraliaJapanese holdoutsPro-Dutch local militia groups Commanders and leadersSukarnoMohammad HattaSudirmanOerip SoemohardjoHamengkubuwono IXGatot SoebrotoAbdul H. Nasutionand others...S.M KartosoewirjoAmir FatahMussoAmir SjarifuddinD.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.