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Indian prisoners of war in Japanese captivity during World War Two / Kevin Noles.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noles, Kevin, author.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army--History.
- Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Prisoners of war--India.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--Japan.
- India.
- Japan.
- Physical Description:
- 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- During World War Two some 67,000 Indian personnel of the British Indian Army were captured by Imperial Japanese forces, including a large number at the surrender of Singapore in February 1942. This book critically examines why these colonial Prisoners of War (POW) were largely forgotten in the post-war period, and therefore represents a case study in the formation of British wartime historical memory. It addresses three questions, relating to the impact of evidence that some Indian prisoners were disloyal, the role of British colonial propaganda in shaping later memory of Indian prisoners, and the unavailability of important documentary sources.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780198955603
- 019895560X
- OCLC:
- 1501558548
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