History - Old Indian Photos

India in Second World War - Part 1

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Two crew members of a Sherman tank of the Scinde Horse, part of the Indian 31st Armoured Division in Iraq, March 1944

Indian soldiers holding a Nazi flag which they had captured at Libyan Omar, December 1941

An Indian infantry section of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Rajput Regiment about to go on patrol on the Arakan front, Burma 1943

Indian troops move ammunition in very muddy conditions whilst on the road to Tamu in Burma

The British commander and Indian crew of a Sherman tank of the 9th Royal Deccan Horse, 255th Indian Tank Brigade, encounter a newly liberated elephant on the road to Meiktila, Burma 1945

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