Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 57
Book Description
A Short History of Hodson's Horse (4th Duke of Cambridge's Own Lancers, 1857-1940
Author: Regimental Histories of the Indian Army
Author: Margaret Anne MyersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Armed Forces
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Sons of John Company
Author: John GaylorPublisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Britisk/indisk/pakistansk militærhistorie. Om den engelske hær i Indien, og de indiske og pakistanske hære, navnlig fra 1903 til 1991, men også baggrundshistorien fra starten på Indian Army, nemlig "John Company", the East India Company, i 1600. Indien og Pakistan blev som bekendt selvstændige i 1947, og overtog samtidig de indiske og pakistanske hære, hidtil engelsk dominerede, styret, organiseret, med engelske militære traditioner, regimentshistorie, m.m. Stort set siden selvstændigheden har de to lande været i mere eller mindre væbnet konflikt med hinanden "behind ramparts of ever-more expensive stockpiles of imported weaponry. Despite this, the same jawans remains in the ranks, still proud of their military calling and still in their old bataillions, bearing in some cases still the names of the British officers who raised them a century ago. This book endeavour to show how the Indian Army was created and what happened to it after Partition until the present day."
The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research LibrariesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Punjab Cavalry Evolution, Role, Organisation, and Tactical Doctrine 11 Cavalry (Frontier Force) 1849-1974
Author: M. Y. EffendiPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
The saga of two cavalry regiments of the Punjab Frontier Force raised to police the Indo-Afghan frontier. Subsequently, it evolved into a regular regiment after the turmoil of 1857. Both the 1st and 3rd Punjab Cavalry fought in the Afghan War (1879-1880), the First World War, in Mesopotamia, in the Second World War when it saw action in North Africa, Burma and Java. After Partition, it fought in all the major Indo-Pakistan wars.
Hodson of Hodson's Horse
Author: William Stephen Raikes HodsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Deception in War
Author: Jon LatimerPublisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1590209362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
From the Trojan Horse to Gulf War subterfuge, this far-reaching military history examines the importance and ingenuity of wartime deception campaigns. The art of military deception is as old as the art of war. This fascinating account of the practice draws on conflicts from around the world and across millennia. The examples stretch from the very beginnings of recorded military history—Pharaoh Ramses II's campaign against the Hittites in 1294 B.C.—to modern times, when technology has placed a stunning array of devices into the arsenals of military commanders. Military historians often underestimate the importance of deception in warfare. This book is the first to fully describe its value. Jon Latimer demonstrates how simple tricks have been devastatingly effective. He also explores how technology has increased the range and subtlety of what is possible—including bogus radio traffic, virtual images, even false smells. Deception in War includes examples from land, sea, and air to show how great commanders have always had, as Winston Churchill put it, that indispensable “element of legerdemain, an original and sinister touch, which leaves the enemy puzzled as well as beaten.”
The Indian Army and the End of the Raj
Author: Daniel MarstonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521899753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
A unique examination of the role of the Indian army in post-World War II India in the run-up to Partition. Daniel Marston draws upon extensive archival research and interviews with veterans of the events of 1947 to provide fresh insight into the final days of the British Raj.
The Indian Mutiny 1857–58
Author: Gregory Fremont-BarnesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472810317
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
In the mid-19th century India was the focus of Britain's international prestige and commercial power - the most important colony in an empire which extended to every continent on the globe and protected by the seemingly dependable native armies of the East India Company. When, however, in 1857 discontent exploded into open rebellion, Britain was obliged to field its largest army in forty years to defend its 'jewel in the crown'. This book, drawing on the latest sources as well as numerous first-hand accounts, explains why the sepoy armies rose up against the world's leading imperial power, details the major phases of the fighting, including the massacres at Cawnpore and the epic sieges of Delhi and Lucknow, and examines many other aspects of this compelling, at times horrifying, subject.