Indian Army and the First World War

by Kaushik Roy

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. Further, Indian society was mobilized to provide military and non-military manpower as well as economic assets...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199485658
• ISBN13: 9780199485659
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.7" x 8.8"