Antique WWII Drum INDIA WARS Army Soldier Battle Drum 1944 Museum Piece! RARE!

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Finally offered for sale is this RARE antique carved wood drum used in the India Wars 1944. Drumming their way into battle against the Japanese 87,000 Indian Army soldiers perished. From a US WWII Generals Collection. This chance of a life time piece is in good condition for its age and still has good leather. Most of all these Drums were destroyed during and after the war. The drum measures approximately 15" Tall by 11" in Diameter. Information on India's Independence below. Enjoy!
During the
Second World War
(1939–1945),
India
was controlled by the
United Kingdom,
with the British holding territories in India including over five hundred autonomous
Princely States
,
British India
officially declared war on
N Germany
in September 1939.
The British Raj, as part of the
Allied Nations,
sent over two and a half million soldiers to fight under British command against the
Axis Powers.
The British government borrowed billions of pounds to help finance the war. India also provided the base for American operations in support of China in the
China Burma India Theatre.
Indians fought with distinction throughout the world, including in the European theatre against Germany, in North Africa against Germany and Italy, in the South Asian region defending India against the Japanese and fighting the Japanese in Burma. Indians also aided in liberating British colonies such as Singapore and Hong Kong after the Japanese surrender in August 1945. Over 87,000 Indian soldiers (including those from modern day Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh died in World War II. Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander in Chief of the Indian Army from 1942 asserted the British "couldn't have come through both wars [World War I and II] if they hadn't had the Indian Army.
The Muslim League supported the British war effort while the largest and most influential political party existing in India at the time, the Indian National Congress, demanded independence before it would help Britain. London refused, and when Congress announced a "Quit India" campaign in August 1942, tens of thousands of its leaders were imprisoned by the British for the duration. Meanwhile, under the leadership of Indian leader Subhas Chandra Bose, Japan set up an army of Indian POW's known as the Indian National Army, which fought against the British. A major famine in Bengal in 1943 led to millions of deaths by starvation, and remains a highly controversial issue regarding Churchill's reluctance to provide emergency food relief.
Indian participation in the Allied campaign remained strong. The financial, industrial and military assistance of India formed a crucial component of the British campaign against N Germany and Imperial Japan. India's strategic location at the tip of the Indian Ocean, its large production of armaments, and its huge armed forces played a decisive role in halting the progress of Imperial Japan in the South - East Asian theatre. The Indian Army during World War II was one of the largest Allied forces contingents which took part in the North and East African Campaign, Western Desert Campaign. At the height of the World War, more than 2.5 million Indian troops were fighting Axis forces around the globe. After the end of the war, India's emerged as the world's fourth largest industrial power and its increased political, economic and military influence paved the way for its independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
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