Expansion of the Armed Forces and Defence Organisation (The Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War 1939-45, Volume 4: General War Administration and Organizations, Volume 2) [World War II]

xxxiv, 546 pp. 8vo. Fold-out charts throughout. The fourth volume in The Official History of the Indian Armed Forces in the Second World War, and the second in the subseries General War Administration and Organizations. A history of the administrative machinery underpinning the Indian war effort during World War II. This volume discusses the expansion of the Indian military to roughly ten times the size it was in 1939, the reasons for its relative weakness before this effort, and the difficulties it faced during the expansion.