Indian Prisoners of War in Japanese Captivity During World War Two

This is the first book published on the 67,000 Indian Prisoners of War captured by the Japanese in World War Two, and it draws on a decade of research by the author on this neglected subject.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: The Missing


• 2: Indian Prisoners of the Japanese


• 3: British Memory of an Enemy


• 4: Eyewitnesses to Suffering


• Conclusion

About the author

Following retirement from a career in industry and the financial markets, Kevin Noles went on to complete a part-time doctorate in History in 2022 at New College, University of Oxford, under the supervision of Dr Yasmin Khan. Having adapted his doctoral thesis for publication he continues to research and write, including contributing a chapter to a forthcoming edited collection on the logistics of warfare in Southern Asia, reviews articles submitted to academic journals such as the International Journal of Military History and Historiography, and is preparing an article for Oxford Bibliographies on the Indian nationalist forces during World War Two.

Summary

This is the first book published on the 67,000 Indian Prisoners of War captured by the Japanese in World War Two, and it draws on a decade of research by the author on this neglected subject.

Product details

• Authors: Noles , Kevin Noles
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2025
• EAN: 9780198955603
• ISBN: 978-0-19-895560-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Asia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Colonialism & imperialism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History