The Indian Contingent (eBook)

The Forgotten Muslim Soldiers of Dunkirk

GHEE BOWMAN (Autor)

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2020
304 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9542-9 (ISBN)

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'An incredible and important story, finally being told' - Mishal Husain
On 28 May 1940, Major Akbar Khan marched at the head of 299 soldiers along a beach in northern France. They were the only Indians in the British Expeditionary Force at Dunkirk. With Stuka sirens wailing, shells falling in the water and Tommies lining up to be evacuated, these soldiers of the British Indian Army, carrying their disabled imam, found their way to the East Mole and embarked for England in the dead of night. On reaching Dover, they borrowed brass trays and started playing Punjabi folk music, upon which even 'many British spectators joined in the dance'. What journey had brought these men to Europe? What became of them – and of comrades captured by the Germans? With the engaging style of a true storyteller, Ghee Bowman reveals in full, for the first time, the astonishing story of the Indian Contingent, from their arrival in France on 26 December 1939 to their return to an India on the verge of partition. It is one of the war's hidden stories that casts fresh light on Britain and its empire.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.5.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 1940 • akbar kahn • BEF • British Empire • British Expeditionary Force • british indian army • British Muslims • David Gilmour • Dunkirk • dunkirk anniversary • force k6 • for king and another country • general anis khan|royal indian army service corps • history of india • India • Indian • indian soldiers • india’s war • Inglorious Empire • Islam • kavita puri • Migration • new dunkirk book • operation dynamo • pakistan|shrabani basu • partition voices • Prisoners of war • Punjab • Punjabi • rasc • riasc • royal indian army service corps, riasc, rasc, history of india, punjab, punjabi, prisoners of war, british indian army, sepoys, the raj at war, akbar kahn, dunkirk anniversary, new dunkirk book, operation dynamo, yasmin khan, india’s war, srinarth raghavan, for king and another country • Second World War • Sepoys • Shashi Tharoor • shrabani basu, inglorious empire, shashi tharoor, the indian empire at war, the world’s war, partition voices, kavita puri, the british in india, david gilmour, general anis khan • South Asian • srinarth raghavan • the british in india • the indian empire at war • the raj at war • the world’s war • World War 2 • world war 2, second world war, world war ii, ww2, wwii, dunkirk, 1940, indian, india, indian soldiers, british expeditionary force, BEF, force k6, british muslims, south asian, british empire, migration, islam, pakistan • World War II • ww2 • WWII • Yasmin Khan
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9542-4 / 0750995424
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9542-9 / 9780750995429