Fourteenth Army III.

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Fourteeth Army - - continued!

The Rani of Jhansi Regiment.

An integral part of the Indian National Army [INA], an all-woman combat unit.

The INA, comprised of persons desiring Indian independence from Great Britain, taking sides with the Japanese during the Second World War [WW2]. Collaborators and wanted persons by the British Raj, hoping to form a military force of some striking power that would aid and abet the Japanese conquest - - eventual - - of the Raj.

"The Indian National Army (INA) . . . was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II."

"The aim of the army was to overthrow the British Raj in colonial India, with Japanese assistance"

This particular all-woman combat unit, called a regiment, but in actuality much smaller, about 500 or so females trained in the soldiery arts, prepared for combat!

"The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was the Women's Regiment of the Indian National Army, the armed force formed by Indian nationalists . . . [consisting of] volunteers [females] from the expatriate Indian population in South East Asia."

"These cadets underwent military and combat training with drills, route marches as well as weapons training in rifles, hand grenades, bayonet charge."

[a unit whose strength was greater than a company, but less than a battalion!]

Very similar to the Russian Great War [WW1] "Legion of Death"? The "Legion" a combat arms unit comprised strictly of women!

[in size the Rani Regiment and the "Legion of Death" were comparable?]

The Rani regiment NOT seeing combat, the advance of the British Fourteenth Army into Burma in the latter days of WW2 not allowing for suitable deployment as envisioned?

These women of the Rani Regiment could have had their talents used more appropriately? Signallers, ambulance drivers, maintenance crews, etc. NOT really suitable for combat duty.

The Rani Regiment and "Legion of Death" are exercises primarily cosmetic in nature, not meaninfgul, the time, effort and energy spent in combat arms training could have been better utilized?

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