Order of Battle
The Fourteenth Army was the Second World War’s largest Commonwealth Army, with nearly a million men by late 1944.
At different periods of the Second World War it was composed of four corps:
- IV Corps
- XV Corps
- XXXIII Corps
- XXXIV Corps
A total of thirteen divisions served with the Army:
- 2nd Infantry Division
- Indian 5th Infantry Division
- Indian 7th Infantry Division
- 11th (East African) Infantry Division
- Indian 17th Infantry Division
- Indian 19th Infantry Division
- Indian 20th Infantry Division
- Indian 23rd Infantry Division
- Indian 25th Infantry Division
- Indian 26th Infantry Division
- 36th Infantry Division
- 81st (West Africa) Infantry Division
- 82nd (West Africa) Infantry Division
Some smaller fighting formations also served:
- 50th Parachute Brigade (India)
- 268 Indian Motor Brigade
- Lushai Brigade
- 28 Infantry Brigade (East Africa)
Also serving with the 14th Army were a range of army, corps and divisional units not organic to the combat divisions.
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