Indian Voices of the Great War
Title | Indian Voices of the Great War PDF eBook |
Author | D. Omissi |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 409 |
Release | 2016-07-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1349272833 |
Indian soldiers served in France from 1914 to 1918. This book is a selection of their letters. By turns poignant, funny, and almost unbearably moving, these documents vividly evoke the world of the Western Front - as seen through 'subaltern' Indian eyes. The letters also bear eloquent witness to the sepoys' often unsettling encounter with Europe, and with European culture. This book helps to map the imaginative landscape of South Asia's warrior-peasant communities.
Indian Voices of the Great War
Title | Indian Voices of the Great War PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Tully |
Publisher | |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780670087112 |
For King and Another Country
Title | For King and Another Country PDF eBook |
Author | Shrabani Basu |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2015-10-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 938543649X |
Over a million Indian soldiers fought in the First World War, the largest force from the colonies and dominions. Their contribution, however, has been largely forgotten. Many soldiers were illiterate and travelled from remote villages in India to fight in the muddy trenches in France and Flanders. Many went on to win the highest bravery awards. For King and another Country tells, for the first time, the personal stories of some of these Indians who went to the Western Front: from a grand turbanned Maharaja rearing to fight for Empire to a lowly sweeper who dies in a hospital in England, from a Pathan who wins the Victoria Cross to a young pilot barely out of school. Shrabani Basu delves into archives in Britain and narratives buried in villages in India and Pakistan to recreate the War through the eyes of the Indians who fought it. There are heroic tales of bravery as well as those of despair and desperation; there are accounts of the relationships that were forged between the Indians with their British officers and how curries reached the frontline. Above all, it is the great story of how the War changed India and led, ultimately, to the call for independence.
Army of Empire
Title | Army of Empire PDF eBook |
Author | George Morton-Jack |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 642 |
Release | 2018-12-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0465094074 |
Drawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War I While their story is almost always overlooked, the 1.5 million Indian soldiers who served the British Empire in World War I played a crucial role in the eventual Allied victory. Despite their sacrifices, Indian troops received mixed reactions from their allies and their enemies alike-some were treated as liberating heroes, some as mercenaries and conquerors themselves, and all as racial inferiors and a threat to white supremacy. Yet even as they fought as imperial troops under the British flag, their broadened horizons fired in them new hopes of racial equality and freedom on the path to Indian independence. Drawing on freshly uncovered interviews with members of the Indian Army in Iraq and elsewhere, historian George Morton-Jack paints a deeply human story of courage, colonization, and racism, and finally gives these men their rightful place in history.
India, Empire, and First World War Culture
Title | India, Empire, and First World War Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Santanu Das |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 495 |
Release | 2018-09-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107081580 |
This is the first cultural and literary history of India and the First World War, with archival research from Europe and South Asia.
American Voices of World War I
Title | American Voices of World War I PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Marix Evans |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 257 |
Release | 2014-01-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1135969787 |
Using original documents from the U.S. Army Military History Institute (including extracts from letters and diaries of serving soldiers, as well as from official reports and papers), this book recalls the experiences of Americans who fought in the First World War. Individual chapters cover different periods, from Enlistment to Victory, in a chronological fashion. The book also features topics such as weaponry, medical services and entertainment.
Thousands of Heroes Have Arisen
Title | Thousands of Heroes Have Arisen PDF eBook |
Author | Sukwinder Singh Bassi |
Publisher | Helion |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781911628989 |
When the Great War commenced in 1914, the Sikhs were in great demand in the British Indian army. Answering the call, they enlisted in numbers disproportionate to their population. In a truly global conflict, Sikhs fought in every war arena including the Western Front, the Middle East and Africa. The story of these Sikh soldiers and the Sikh peop