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- 27 Jan 2009 05:21
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: The IAF History Thread
- Replies: 1174
- Views: 331320
GNAT - 1974 Article on History of GNAT in IAF
Dear Members, Below is an article on the history of the India Air Force and the GNAT published almost four decades ago. I think members will find it very interesting. Each full size page is 200k to 440k in size. Most will find it easier to set their printers to black and white only and print the eig...
- 26 Feb 2007 21:37
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Indian Army History Thread
- Replies: 1020
- Views: 612343
BIA POWs on end of WW2 and Pay
Dear Members,
Does anyone know if Indian soldiers in the BIA received their full back pay on being released and returned to their units in India? How were they treated by the British Indian government on release?
Jack E. Hammond
Does anyone know if Indian soldiers in the BIA received their full back pay on being released and returned to their units in India? How were they treated by the British Indian government on release?
Jack E. Hammond
- 11 Dec 2006 17:32
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Books that cover Indian Armed Forces and its History
- Replies: 267
- Views: 102928
3.5 inch antitank rocket launcher
ref: This detailed account narrates the story of 3rd Jat - the first unit to cross the Ichogil canal on Sept 6, 1965, when the iNdian Army counterattacked over the international border. This battle and the subsequent battle of Dograi are told in great detail - every individual act of gallantry is to...
- 04 May 2006 14:58
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: Books that cover Indian Armed Forces and its History
- Replies: 267
- Views: 102928
Burma 1941 to 1942
Photos below are thumbnail. Please click to see larger image. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/hybenamon/MISC/th_BURMAFRONTCOVER.jpg http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/hybenamon/MISC/th_BURMABACKCOVER.jpg NOTE> The author went to great length to get information from those in the Indian Army ...
- 20 Apr 2006 02:36
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Battles of India: Critical Analysis
- Replies: 133
- Views: 109195
Jehammond, There are quite a few sources noting that the event was much more organized than you note. Messages were passed around from much before, the entire pork/beef grease bit message...how do you think it spread so rapidly? The only problem was that the leaders of the failed attempt had planne...
- 20 Apr 2006 02:27
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Battles of India: Critical Analysis
- Replies: 133
- Views: 109195
Jehammond: I think 1857 is a wrong topic for a westerner to discuss with Indians, because western perception of events of that time is radically different from what the Indians think. Just like you mentioned about the American Revolutionary War, there are too many opposing views and sensitivities i...
- 19 Apr 2006 15:46
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Battles of India: Critical Analysis
- Replies: 133
- Views: 109195
Mutineers or Freedom Fighters
Are they mutineers or FREEDOM FIGHTERS? what these colonialists had done other than decimating the red indians in US, Maoris in New Zealand, Aborigines of Australia and large part of african population. can these natives' struggle for their survival in their own homeland and for just rights can be ...
- 18 Apr 2006 15:13
- Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
- Topic: Battles of India: Critical Analysis
- Replies: 133
- Views: 109195
The Great Indian Mutiny/War of Independence/Rebellion
Folks, To Indian educated elite and its historians the 1857 conflict in northern India is like after my countries Civil War in the mid 1860s or the later Vietnam War. There was so much emotion that any historian or general trying to objectively write about the history of those conflicts was shouted ...
- 22 Jul 2005 15:18
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: Book: The India-Pak Air War of 1965 - Details & Reviews
- Replies: 93
- Views: 72129
30 Seconds over Sargodha debate
Folks,
I sure hope this book can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt if the claims by the Pak AF that an F-86 pilot show down four IAF Hunters in less than one minute. Talking to either side reminds you of kids arguing: "Did to! Did Not! Did To! Did Not! Did To! Did Not!"
Jack E. Hammond
I sure hope this book can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt if the claims by the Pak AF that an F-86 pilot show down four IAF Hunters in less than one minute. Talking to either side reminds you of kids arguing: "Did to! Did Not! Did To! Did Not! Did To! Did Not!"
Jack E. Hammond
- 20 Apr 2005 14:03
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28916
The Indian Army in DEI after WW2
Dear Johann, I have read about everything involved with the DEI after WW2. To be honest the Indonesians (ie the Javanese) were lucky the Allies did not make war on them totally. What they did was way beyond the pale: ie not allow the starving and diseased POWs to be released and trying to use them a...
- 05 Apr 2005 12:18
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28916
A TV series on Burma 1941-42
Dear Johann, First thank you taking the time for such a great reply. In this country an unknown documentary TV producer with small (very small) funding from GM put together a 10 part mini-series about the American Civil War in 1861-1865. His name was Ken Burns. It was a hit beyond belief. The mini-s...
- 02 Apr 2005 12:48
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28916
- 01 Apr 2005 08:08
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28916
Range of Rangoon and Singapore from India WW2 invasion Plans
Dear Member, Yes when the US supplied B-24s to the RAF most of the Burmese strategic targets came within range, but not Singapore. It was still to far. And it only had to be an infantry war to secure airbases, not to destroy the Japanese ground forces. That was why so many Japanese bases were bypass...
- 01 Apr 2005 07:56
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28916
- 31 Mar 2005 12:50
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28916
Re: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
Dear Member, That is simple. losing Singapore would have hurt Japan. Loosing Saipan doomed Japan. Saipan brought Japan with in range of the B-29 bombers (China was with the extreme range but fuel could not be provided for mass bombing raids). The US suffered from the same feeling in a way that the B...
- 31 Mar 2005 12:42
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28916
Re: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
Folks, , especially tracking down and talking the IAF officer that blew the bridge at Sittang River. Jack thats quite interesting which IAF pilot is that? Dear Member, It was not a pilot. It was a Lt in the BIA by the name of Bashir Ahmed Khan. The author went to great lengths to find him and his d...
- 30 Mar 2005 14:42
- Forum: Military History Archive
- Topic: BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
- Replies: 26
- Views: 28916
BURMA - The Longest War 1941 - 1945
Folks, I have read about everything there is on the war in Burma in WW2. IMHO the best book on the subject is "Burma - The Longest War 1941 - 1945" by Louis Allen. The research is beyond belief, especially tracking down and talking the IAF officer that blew the bridge at Sittang River. But...