Indian Army and the First World War - 1914-18 Roy Kaushik Guru Nanak Chair Professor Department of HIstory Jadavpur UniversityPevná vazba
The Indian Army which was the bulwark of the British Empire in South Asia functioned as an imperial fire brigade force during the Great War. The "brown warriors" of the Raj defended the British Empire…
Specifikacia Indian Army and the First World War - 1914-18 Roy Kaushik Guru Nanak Chair Professor Department of HIstory Jadavpur UniversityPevná vazba
The Indian Army which was the bulwark of the British Empire in South Asia functioned as an imperial fire brigade force during the Great War. The "brown warriors" of the Raj defended the British Empire from Belgium and France in the west to Singapore in the east. The Indian Army fought the Kaiserheer and the Ottoman Army in diverse theatres like Flanders, Gallipoli, Salonika, East Africa, Egypt-Syria-Palestine and finally Mesopotamia. Indian society was mobilized to provide military and non-military manpower as well as economic assets in order to sustain the British imperial war effort. The Indian Army before 1914 was geared to conduct unconventional warfare/irregular warfare against the Indus tribesmen and to police the subcontinent to prevent any anti-British uprising. However, between 1914 and 1918 due to the demands of "Total War," the Indian Army learnt to conduct high intensity