How many Of Our Generals faught in WW2?

[sparklingway]

Z A Khan's book is a great read as well. He was known for calling BS when he saw it. It landed him in quite a bit of trouble, but mostly because he was right. His family is another illustrious military family with 6 brothers having served the Army, Navy and the PAF. Brig Z A Khan and his brother Gen Shamim Alam Khan (who later rose to be CJCS) were known to my family because of the SSG. Very competent and intelligent officers, all of the brothers I must say.

I know a lot of people don't like A H Amin, for a multitude of reasons, but he conducted a fairly good interview with Z A Khan.

It's page 160 onwards.

Pakistan Army through eyes of Pakistani Generals

 

[GUNNER]

Another General who fought in the WW 2 was Major General Mian Hayaud Din HJ, MBE, MC (July 2, 1910 - May 20, 1965). Though, he was not a General back then.

He was PA-18.

In Burma he served as a company commander in the 9/12 Frontier Force Regiment as subordinate to 80 Indian Infantry Brigade commanded by Brigadier Stuart Greeves. The Commander of the formation was Major General Douglas David Gracey GOC 20th Indian Division. After two previous battalion commanders were wounded, Mian Hayaud Din was promoted to battalion commander and later decorated with the Military Cross for gallantry. In addition, he was Mentioned in Dispatches in the London Gazette on four separate occasions: August 5, 1943, September 27, 1945, September 27, 1945 and May 9, 1946.

Lt Col Hayaud Din then served with the 7th Indian Division (Golden Arrow) in South East Asia under the overall command of General Sir Douglas David Gracey (KCB, KCIE, CBE, MC) Commander of Allied Land Forces, French Indo-China (later Vietnam), in 1945-1946. He was selected by General Gracey to receive the sword of surrender from the Commander in Chief of Japanese forces in that theatre of operations. For his distinguished conduct and gallantry in assisting French forces, Mian Hayaud Din was awarded the Cross of Commandeur of the Légion d'Honneur, by the French government.

 

[Joe Shearer]

There is some shame culturally for having served our colonial masters for their ends, however militarily, this made up for a lot of rich military traditions and battle honours across the two countries.

Dear Sir,

This is completely off-topic, but I wish to submit respectfully that the business of some cultural shame is an afterthought, based on the one hand of a completely unhistorical view that military service itself was shameful and deplorable, a Brahmin-bania concoction of latter years which is completely alien to the Indian ethos, on the other hand of an Islamist view that fighting against the Ummah or the interests of the Ummah was a treacherous thing to do.

Is it better to present these views on this thread, or to seek a different, more appropriate platform to refute these views?

Sincerely,

 

[fatman17]

some others who attained the rank of Maj-Gen, Lt-Gen

Lt-Col. K.M. Azhar of P/Regiment
Lt-Col. Umrao Khan of P/Regiment
Lt-Col. Niaz Mohammed Arbab of P/Regiment
Lt-Col. Adam Khan,M.C. of P/Regiment
Lt-Col. Mohd Iqbal of P/Regiment

all were Lt-Col at the time of partition and commanded various battalions of the Punjab Regiment.