Indian infantry advance through a shattered Italian town.  Indian forces made a substantial contribution to the British war effort in both World Wars.  Perhaps remembering the contribution made (at least traditionally) of the affair of the greased cartridges to launching the Indian Mutiny, the British exercised the maximum possible sensitivity to Indian cultural preferences and imperatives in both wars.  Indian-style food was provided where possible (the Indians did not always agree).  Another example is seen in this photo, in which Sikh soldiers wear the turban.  This  had first arisen as an issue in WW1, when Sikh soldiers flatly refused to shed their turbans for helmets.  They were allowed to keep their turbans.  Best regards, JR.

Indians in Italy.

British MK.III Crusader tank in El Alamein, North Africa.

In North Africa

William "Bill" Reid was the pilot of a Lancaster bomber involved in a raid over Germany.  In the run-in to the attack, his aircraft was severely damaged by German night fighters; of his crewmembers was killed, another (the navigator) mortally wounded.  Reid himself was severely wounded, suffering serious head wounds and wounds to his hands.  In spite of this, he insisted on pressing his attack to the target and releasing his bombs.  He then turned for home, and managed to return to base in spite of his difficulty in retaining consciousness due to blood loss (his surviving crew had to jog him repeatedly to keep him awake).  His landing was, apparently, particularly difficult, since it was achieved in spite of blood from his head wounds obscuring his vision.  Bill Reid survived his wounds, and the war, dying of natural causes many years later.  Best regards, JR.