List of Indian divisions in World War II

This is a list of British-Indian Army divisions in World War II.

Divisions by type

Airborne

Armoured

31st Armoured Division
32nd Armoured Division
43rd Armoured Division
44th Armoured Division (reformed as 44th Airborne Division)

Infantry

4th Division
5th Division
6th Division
7th Division
8th Division
9th Division
10th Division
11th Division
14th Division
17th Division^[a]
19th Division
20th Division
23rd Division
25th Division
26th Division
34th Division
36th Division (later converted to an all-British formation)
1st Burma Division (later designated as 39th Division)

Long-range Penetration

3rd Division (used as a cover name for the Chindits)

Training

14th Division
39th Division (formerly 1st Burma Division)

Deception / Lines of Communication

Emergency

21st Division

Notes

^ Post-war, the 17th Gurkha Division would be formed using this number.^[1]

References

^ Rinaldi, Richard A. "Gurkha Regiments in the British Army Post World War II" (PDF). Orbat.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

External links

Infantry Divisions (British Army and British Indian Army) 1930–1956

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[2] Post-war, the 17th Gurkha Division would be formed using this number.^[1]

[1] Rinaldi, Richard A. "Gurkha Regiments in the British Army Post World War II" (PDF). Orbat.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2014.

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v t e British military formations during the Second World War
Higher level commands	Commands and Army Groups Armies Corps
Divisions	British British Indian Commonwealth
Brigades	Airborne Anti-aircraft Commonwealth and Empire British Indian Infantry (1–100) (101–308 and named) Mobile Special Service
Deception	Allied British