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Description: | Concept: empire / commonwealth, military personnel, uniform, military vehicles, civilian morale, propaganda, military manoeuvres Description: whole: the six images are positioned across the majority. The title is and text are separate and placed in the upper left and upper right, in black and in white, held within two yellow-brown insets. Further text is separate and located beneath each image as a caption, in yellow-brown. All set against a white background. image: the images depict members of the Indian Armoured Corps, as well as British infantrymen, taking part in the campaign against the Japanese in Burma. The soldiers are shown driving tanks, rearming with cannons and ammunition, and also mending tank tracks. text: WAR SPOTLIGHT NO. 20. INDIA'S TANK MEN Spearheads of the Allied thrust at the heart of Jap-held Burma are the tanks of the Indian Armoured Corps. Their crews, fully experienced technicians trained to a high pitch of fitness and endurance, are the toughest of India's fighting men. They smash the Jap wherever he is found. [Urdu text] Indian tanks and British infantry drive forward towards Meiktila. [Urdu text] Victory smile after action in the Meiktila area. [Urdu text] Sherman tank of an Indian Cavalry Regiment moves up to the attack. [Urdu text] Indian tank men rearm with cannon and .303 ammunition during a lull in the fighting. [Urdu text] Tanks and infantry advance over a dry river bed in Central Burma. [Urdu text] Tank track adjusted by its crew after a gruelling action. [Urdu text] Printed by G. Claridge and Co., Ltd., Bombay. Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate, G.H.Q., New Dehli. Object: tank, helmet, bullet | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Printer: G Claridge and Co Ltd, Bombay Publisher/Sponsor: Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate, New Dehli | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5136... | Go to resource |
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