Hidden History: India's Second World War

By Dr. Peter Johnston and Rana Chhina

Based on IWM London's exhibition Hidden History: India's Second World War, this publication will place India's wartime experience at the heart of the global story of the war, challenging long held assumptions about empire, loyalty and sacrifice, and offering a fuller, more inclusive understanding of Britain and India's shared past.

More than two million men and women from South-East Asia served during the Second World War - the largest volunteer force in history. They fought across Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia; they worked in factories, survived displacement, endured famine, and helped shape the outcome of a global conflict.
Yet their experiences remain one of the least known and least acknowledged chapters of the Second World War in Britain. Based on IWM London's exhibition Hidden History: India's Second World War, this publication will place India's wartime experience at the heart of the global story of the war, challenging long held assumptions about empire, loyalty and sacrifice, and offering a fuller, more inclusive understanding of Britain and India's shared past.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911748211
• ISBN13: 9781911748212
• Release Date: August 2027
• Publisher: Imperial War Museum
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.