The Indian contingent : the forgotten Muslim soldiers of Dunkirk /: the forgotten Muslim soldiers of Dunkirk. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ghee Bowman.
• Authors: Bowman, Ghee
• Contents: Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Note on terms used -- Maps -- Royal Indian Army Service Corps ranks -- Glossary and abbreviations -- Foreword -- Prologue: On the beach -- 1 Seven thousand miles to help -- 2 From the five rivers -- 3 Fony Vaar -- 4 Blitzkrieg -- 5 Mules by the Maginot and the march up the Moselle -- 6 Back in Blighty -- 7 We'll keep a welcome -- 8 Hinges and fringes -- 9 Heroes and traitors behind bars -- 10 The great escapes -- 11 Should auld acquaintance be forgot? -- 12 Doing what comes naturally -- 13 The end of the Indian Contingent Epilogue: Forgetting and remembering -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements
• Publisher Details: Cheltenham, Gloucestrshire : The History Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 940.53091767; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Muslim; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, East Indian; Dunkirk, Battle of, Dunkerque, France, 1940; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France; Bataille de Dunkerque, Dunkerque, France, 1940; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Campagnes et batailles -- France; Military campaigns; France; France -- Dunkerque; History; History -- World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0750995424; 9780750995429
• Related ISBNs: 0750993790; 9780750993791
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 04, 2020).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.