History of Indian Air Defence Artillery 1940-1945 /
In 1921, the eighth Anti-Aircraft Battery of Royal Artillery was first stationed in India. However, it was only after two decades that the threat from the Japanese expansionism made India to finally realise how ill-prepared its anti-aircraft defences were. Starting from a Battery raised at Colaba, I...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a History of Indian Air Defence Artillery 1940-1945 / |c Mandeep Singh. |
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| 300 | |a 1 online resource (252 pages) : |b illustrations. | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |t Preliminary Material / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Illustrations / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Acknowledgements / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Prologue / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Abbreviations / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Introduction / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- A Beginning is Made the First Raisings / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery the First Experience with Anti-Aircraft Artillery / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Baptism the Campaign in Malaya, 1941-1942 / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Retreat from Burma, 1941-1942 / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Defending the Homeland / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Prelude to the Return to Burma / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Back to Burma / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Other Theatres and Lesser Campaigns / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- After the War / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Conclusion / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Epilogue / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Japanese Air Forces and Air Tactics / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Anti-Aircraft Guns / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Light AA/Anti-Tank Regiments / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Raising of Indian Air Defence Units / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Composition of Indian AA Regiments 1940-1945 / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Indian AA Order of Battle / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Honours and Awards / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Disbandment of AA Units / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Bibliography / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired) -- Index / |r Colonel Mandeep Singh (Retired). | |
| 520 | |a In 1921, the eighth Anti-Aircraft Battery of Royal Artillery was first stationed in India. However, it was only after two decades that the threat from the Japanese expansionism made India to finally realise how ill-prepared its anti-aircraft defences were. Starting from a Battery raised at Colaba, Indian Anti-Aircraft Artillery soon expanded to over thirty-four regiments for India to have the second largest concentration of Anti-Aircraft defences outside the Great Britain. At one time, India had more Anti-Aircraft Regiments than that of field artillery. Numbers aside, Indian Anti-Aircraft gunners served in varied battlefields with honour, both during defeat and victory. If they were at Singapore as the fortress fell, they kept the Japanese Air Force at bay when Allied forces retreated from Burma, and later formed part of the vanguard when the Allies returned to Burma in triumph. Indian Anti-Aircraft Regiments served in Singapore, Malaya, Burma, Maldives, Aden and Iraq. They were truly representative as all regiments comprised of varied races and castes. It had a separate training centre for women and was one of the first to enlist women when the WAC(I) manned its operation rooms and drove lorries. They defended key installations, protected cities, served with field formations, participated in amphibious operations, served at remote locations facing odds and administrative apathies. | ||
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| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Antiaircraft artillery operations. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Campaigns |z Burma. | |
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