British India Command

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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).

[edit] World War II

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.

[edit] External links

• 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)