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British India Command The
British India Command the name given to the general staff of the
Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C),
India .
The
Commander-in-Chief, India reported to the civilian
Governor-General of India .Most of the C-in-C's staff were based at the General Headquarters India (GHQ India).
During
World War II after the dissolution of
ABDACOM and before the creation of
SEAC the C-in-C
India was also responsible for
Ceylon and the
Burma Campaign . During this period Chinese and American units also came under the operational control of the India Command.
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The London Gazzette Articles Site 1 **
Operations Burma, Dec. 1941 to May 1942 - by General A.P. Wavell **
Air Operations Burma, January-May 1942 by Air Marshal Stevenson **
Operations Eastern Theatre - Based on India, Mar-Dec 1942 - by General A.P. Wavell ***
ORDER OF BATTLE FORCES OF THE FIELD ARMY, INDIA COMMAND, JANUARY, 1943. ***
G.H.Q. OPERATION INSTRUCTION No. 19. To G.O.C.-in-C., (Indian) Eastern Army **
Operations India Command, Jan to June 1943 by General A.P. Wavell **
Indo-Burma Based on India, June to Nov. 1943 - by Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck *
The London Gazzette Site 2 (backup)
