Ross Anderson, "Indian Expeditionary Force D in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918", 1 August 2010.pdf (original) (raw)

A study of the challenges facing the Indian Army and its Expeditionary Force D (IEF D) during the course of the Mesopotamian Campaign, 1914-1918. Topics include pre-war readiness, logistics (transport, supply and medical), manpower including the supply of officers and the staff, with an assessment of the overall effectiveness of IEF D. This is a preliminary paper to the published version which appeared as 'Logistics of the Indian Expeditionary Force D in Mesopotamia: 1914-1918' in Kaushik Roy (ed) "The Indian Army in the Two World Wars" Leiden: Brill, 2011, pp 105-143.