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Encyclopedia > British Army in Ceylon

British Army in Ceylon was known as the Ceylon Army during World War II in the South-East Asian Theatre under the command of South East Asia Command (SEAC) and formed part of the British 11th Army Group. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was the name given to the campaigns of the Pacific War in India, Burma, Thailand, Malaya and Singapore. ... South East Asia Command (SEAC) was the body set up to be in overall charge of Allied operations in the South-East Asian Theatre during World War II. The initial supreme commander of the theatre was General Sir Archibald Wavell, initially as head of the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command... The British 11th Army Group was the main British Army force in Southeast Asia. ...


External links

  • Birth of the Ceylon Army (http://ww.army.lk/defence/articles/18march2003%20-%20Birth%20of%20the%20Army.htm)
  • SriLanka military Academy (http://202.51.141.138/trg_slma.htm)
  • A Historical Account of the Ceylon Defence Force (http://www.rootsweb.com/~lkawgw/cdf.html)

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