India | War History

100 Year Old WWII Veteran Takes To The Skies In WWII Biplane

Cliff Crozier, a veteran of WWII, turned one hundred years old on the 6th of September 2015, in a little town near Liverpool in England. Friends…

Battle of the Hydaspes – Alexander The Great’s Expansion to the East

Alexander the Great’s expansive politics led him to the eastern bank of the river Hydaspes. This river was in Pauravas, an ancient kingdom in the…

Orde Wingate: Eccentric, Daring & Unconventional Fighter against the Japanese

Orde Wingate was a British officer who served in colonial territories and World War II, reaching the rank of Major General before his death on…

When A Poorly Equipped Indian Division With WWII Tanks Destroyed A Pakistani Armored Division With Patton Tanks

Pakistani Tank Graveyard Tensions between India and Pakistan have never fully gone away, but during the 1960s they were at their highest. It was in…

Thwarting the British Empire’s Sunset: The Battle of Kalunga, 1814

By Frank Jastrzembski 1814 was an important year in the British Empire. The Allied Sixth Coalition forces defeated the armies of Napoleon and forced him…

When A Poorly Equipped Indian Division With WWII Tanks Destroyed A Pakistani Armored Division With Patton Tanks

Pakistani Tank Graveyard Tensions between India and Pakistan have never fully gone away, but during the 1960s they were at their highest. It was in…

New book documents India’s World War Two role and evolution

India’s World War Two role

[Via] India’s World War Two role is often overlooked, but according to a new book called ‘The Rai at War’, it was World War Two…

Remains of WWII Aircraft Discovered in Northeast India

Natives living in one of the interior villages in Manipur, India’s northeastern state, discovered the remains of one WWII aircraft. Youth club members of the…

Inspiring story of a WWI hero who survived Ypres, Somme and Passchendale

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A soldier who fought in the World War I survived the Battle of Somme. He lived another day to fight at Ypres. At a cruel…