Ghee Bowman
@GheeBowman
Historian. Story-teller. Group facilitator. Quaker. Woodcraft Folk leader. Wrote 'The Indian Contingent’. 'The Great Épinal Escape is out on 9th May.
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Talking of Indian troops in North Africa, did you know there was an Indian part of the Long Range Desert Group #LRDG? They went behind enemy lines in the desert, carrying out raids...
I’ve been enjoying the @BBCRadio4 reading of @BenMacintyre1’s book on #colditz. Last Friday’s episode especially caught my ear, with a section on Birendra Nath Mazumdar. So here’s...
Thread. Giving the V-sign to captors. Around 15,000 Indian soldiers were captured in North Africa & Italy in #WW2. They were held by the Germans and Italians for up to 5 years, and...