Antony Brett-James

BALL OF FIRE
The Fifth Indian Division
in the Second World War

 

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE GREAT SAND SEA

MAJOR-GENERAL L. M. HEATH

MAJOR-GENERAL A. G. O. M. MAYNE

BRIGADIER W. J. SLIM

BRIGADIER J. C. O. MARRIOTT

BRIGADIER F. W. MESSERVY

BRIGADIER T. W. REES

BRITISH TROOPS ATTACKING

CAMERON RIDGE, BRIGS PEAK, SANCHIL

FORT DOLOGORODOC

MADRASSI LINEMEN WITH MULE

THE MULE TRACK AND SANCHIL

THE HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY ENTER ASMARA

MAJOR GRAHAM, COLONEL RUSSELL, BRIGADIER REES, MAJOR-GENERAL HEATH AT ASMARA

NEAR AD TECLESAN

DISTANT VIEW OF AMBA ALAGI

TRIANGLE AND AMBA ALAGI

COLONEL RUSSELL, MAJOR-GENERAL MAYNE, THE DUKE OF AOSTA

SURRENDER WITH HONOUR

PASSING THE GUARD OF HONOUR

GIALO

WHEEL-MARKS IN THE SAND

A DESERT TRACK

A TENT IN THE DESERT

MR. CASEY WITH MAJOR-GENERAL BRIGGS ON RUWEISAT RIDGE

GENERAL ALEXANDER INSPECTS THE 3/2ND PUNJAB

MAJOR-GENERAL H. R. BRIGGS

THE KING OF IRAQ VISITS THE DIVISION

BRIGADIER D. W. REID

BRIGADIER B. C. FLETCHER

BRIGADIER C. H. BOUCHER

BRIGADIER W. H. LANGRAN

ARAKAN LANDSCAPE

THE MAYU RANGE

THE 25TH DRAGOONS NORTH OF RAZABIL

MEN OF 123 BRIGADE CLAMBER UP A JUNGLE PATH

BRIGADIER G. C. EVANS

BRIGADIER I. A. SALOMONS

CORPORAL ASKE BANDAGES A WOUNDED RAJPUT

THE WAR MEMORIAL AT KOHIMA

ACROSS THE IMPHAL PLAIN

A PUNJABI DEFENCE POST

DOGRA STRETCHER-BEARERS BELOW NUMSHIGUM

MILESTONE 109 ON THE KOHIMA-IMPHAL ROAD: MAJOR-GENERAL GROVER, BRIGADIER SALOMONS, LIEUT-GENERAL STOPFORD, BRIGADIER SMITH

CROSSING THE FRONTIER

MUD ON THE TIDDIM ROAD

BRITISH GUNNERS

SAPPERS CROSS THE RIVER

SUPPLY DROPPING

FALLEN PARACHUTES ON THE 'CHOCOLATE STAIRCASE'

MOVING UP THE TIDDIM ROAD

TIDDIM

THE 3RD CARABINEERS ON KENNEDY PEAK

MADRASSI WIRELESS OPERATORS

MAJOR-GENERAL D. F. W. WARREN

MAJOR-GENERAL E. C. MANSERGH

LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN INSPECTS 3/2ND PUNJAB GUARD OF HONOUR AT JORHAT

MAJOR-GENERAL MANSERGH IN CONFERENCE NEAR MEIKTILA

A YORK AND LANCASTER. PATROL AT YAMETHIN

SAPPERS REPAIR THE ROAD TO PEGU

APPROACHING SINGAPORE

LANDING AT SINGAPORE

BRIGADIER DENHOLM-YOUNG AND A JAPANESE INTERPRETER

LORD LOUIS MOUNTBATTEN INSPECTS 1/17TH DOGRA GUARD OF HONOUR

BRITISH TROOPS AT SOERABAJA

THE 4/7TH RAJPUTS BESIDE A RAILWAY TRACK OUTSIDE SOERABAJA

 

MAPS

ABYSSINIA, SUDAN, ERITREA

KEREN

AMBA ALAGI

MIDDLE EAST

GAZALA LINE

EL ALAMEIN

INDIA AND BURMA

ARAKAN

KOHIMA

IMPHAL-NORTHERN FRONT.

TIDDIM-KALEMYO

CENTRAL BURMA


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