Question: What year did the Commonwealth forces retreat to India in WWII?
About the article "World War II", section "Pacific (1942–43)".

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 "GURPS WWII" - Core Rules.
"GURPS WWII: All the King's Men" - British and Commonwealth forces.
*"GURPS WWII: Their Finest Hour" - Scenario detailing the Battle of Britain.
"GURPS WWII: Dogfaces" - United States.
*"GURPS WWII: Leyte Gulf" - Scenario detailing the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
"GURPS WWII: Doomed White Eagle" - Poland.
"GURPS WWII: Grim Legions" - Italy.
"GURPS WWII: Frozen Hell" - Finland.
"GURPS WWII: Hand of Steel" - Commando forces.
"GURPS WWII: Iron Cross" - Greater Germany.
"GURPS WWII: Michael's Army" - Romania.
"GURPS WWII: Red Tide" - USSR.
"GURPS WWII: Return to Honor" - France.
"GURPS WWII: Weird War II" - An alternate setting in which Magic, Super-Science, and the Supernatural are real.
"GURPS Weird War II: The Secret of the Gneisenau" - Scenario detailing the Gneisenau.
"GURPS WWII: Motor Pool" - Pre-made WW2-era vehicles using the variant "WWII Modular Vehicle Design System" from the core rulebook.  
Retreat may refer to: Retreat (spiritual), a religious or spiritual term for time taken to reflect or meditate Retreat (military), a withdrawal of military forces Retreat (survivalism), a place of refuge for those in the survivalist movement Retreat (bugle call), a military signal for the end of day, known as "Sunset" in the UK and Commonwealth countries Re-treat, to treat again: see Therapy  
  December 1 – WWII: * Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City and Director of the Office of Civilian Defense, signs , creating the Civil Air Patrol under the authority of the United States Army Air Forces.
* A state of emergency is declared in British Malaya and the Straits Settlements.
December 2 – WWII and Attack on Pearl Harbor: The code message "Climb Mount Niitaka" is transmitted to the Japanese task force, indicating that negotiations have broken down and that the attack is to be carried out according to plan.
December 4 – The State of Jefferson is declared in Yreka, California, with judge John Childs as a governor.
December 6 – WWII: * Soviet counterattacks begin against German troops encircling Moscow.
The Wehrmacht is subsequently pushed back over 200 miles.
* The United Kingdom declares war on Finland.
December 6 – WWII: British submarine is sunk by a mine off Cephalonia.
December 7 (December 8 – 3:18 a.m., Japan Standard Time) – WWII: * Attack on Pearl Harbor: Aircraft flying from Imperial Japanese Navy carriers launch a surprise attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, thus drawing the United States into World War II.
The attack begins at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian Standard Time and is announced on radio stations in the U.S. at about 11:26 p.m. PST (19.26 GMT).
* The Japanese declaration of war on the United States and the British Empire is published in Japanese evening newspapers but not formally delivered to the U.S. until the following day.
Canada declares war on Japan.
* Tobruk's British and Commonwealth garrison is relieved after Axis forces under Rommel withdraw.
December 8  * WWII: The Battle of Hong Kong begins shortly after 8:00 a.m. (local time), less than eight hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, when Japanese forces invade Hong Kong, which is defended by British, Canadian and local troops.
The United Kingdom officially declares war on the Empire of Japan.
* WWII: The Japanese occupation of the Philippines begins ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor when Japanese forces invade Luzon and destroy U.S. aircraft on Clark Field.
* WWII: President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his "Infamy Speech" to a Joint session of the United States Congress at 12:30 p.m. EST (17.30 GMT).
Transmitted live over all four major national networks it attracts the largest audience ever for an American radio broadcast, over 81% of homes.
Within an hour, Congress agrees to the President's request for a United States declaration of war upon Japan and he signs it at 4:10 p.m. * WWII: Australia, New Zealand, The Netherlands, the Free French, Yugoslavia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador Guatemala and Honduras also officially declare war on Japan, and the Republic of China declares war on the Axis powers.
* WWII: Japanese also attack British Malaya and Thailand.
* WWII: The German advance on Moscow (Operation Typhoon) is suspended for the winter.
* Holocaust: the Nazi German Chełmno extermination camp opens in occupied Poland near the village of Chełmno nad Nerem.
Between December 1941-April 1943 and June 1944-January 1945 at least 153,000 people will be killed in the camp.
December 10 – WWII: The British battleship HMS "Prince of Wales" and battlecruiser HMS "Repulse" are sunk by Japanese aircraft in the South China Sea north of Singapore.
December 11 – WWII * Germany and Italy declare war on the United States.
The U.S. responds in kind.
* Mildred Gillars ("Axis Sally") delivers her first propaganda broadcast to Allied troops.
December 12 – WWII: * Hungary and Romania declare war on the United States.
* British India declares war on the Empire of Japan.
* The United States seizes the French ship .
* The Kimura Detachment of the Japanese Imperial forces is occupied in Legaspi, Albay in Eastern Philippines.
December 13 – Sweden's low temperature record of -53°C is set in a village within the Vilhelmina Municipality.
December 19 – WWII: Hitler becomes Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the German Army.
December 21 – Thailand and Japan sign a military alliance.
December 22 – WWII: Arcadia Conference opens in Washington, D.C., the first meeting on military strategy between the heads of government of the United Kingdom and the United States following the latter's entry into the war.
December 23 – WWII: A second Japanese landing attempt on Wake Island is successful, and the American garrison surrenders after a full night and morning of fighting.
December 24 – WWII: * British forces capture Benghazi.
* Dutch submarine HNLMS K XVI is the first Allied ship to sink a Japanese warship, sinking the destroyer "Sagiri" near Sarawak; K XVI is herself torpedoed the following day by Japanese submarine I 66.
December 25 – WWII: * The Battle of Hong Kong ends after 17 days with surrender of the British Crown colony to the Japanese.
* Admiral Émile Muselier seizes the archipelago of Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the first part of France to be liberated by the Free French Forces.
December 26 – WWII: Winston Churchill becomes the first British Prime Minister to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
December 27 – WWII: British Commandos raid the Norwegian port of Vaagso, causing Hitler to reinforce the garrison and defenses, drawing vital troops away from other areas.  
This was the 3rd time India participated in Commonwealth Games.
India did not participated in Previous Games in New Zealand.
This time also India participated in very few events, mainly in Athletics only.
Again, India failed to win single Medal in these games. 
  January 2 – WWII: Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa.
January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces.
January 11 * President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security in his State of the Union address.
* Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp established.
January 12 – Winston Churchill and Charles De Gaulle begin a 2-day wartime conference in Marrakech.
January 14 – WWII: Soviet troops start the offensive at Leningrad and Novgorod.
January 15 * WWII: The 27th Polish Home Army Infantry Division is re-created, marking the start of Operation Tempest by the Polish Home Army.
* An earthquake hits San Juan, Argentina, killing an estimated 10,000 people in the worst natural disaster in the country's history.
January 17 – WWII: * British forces in Italy cross the Garigliano River.
* The Battle of Monte Cassino begins in Italy.
* The Soviet Union ceases production of the Mosin-Nagant 1891/30 sniper rifle.
* Meat rationing ends in Australia.
January 20 – WWII: * The Royal Air Force drops 2,300 tons of bombs on Berlin.
* The United States 36th Infantry Division, in Italy, attempts to cross the Rapido River.
January 22 – WWII: Operation Shingle: The Allies begin the assault on Anzio, Italy.
The U.S. 45th Infantry Division stands their ground at Anzio against violent assaults for 4 months.
January 27 – WWII: The 2-year Siege of Leningrad is lifted.
January 29 – WWII: * The Battle of Cisterna takes place.
* Light cruiser is sunk by a Henschel Hs 293 guided missile from a German aircraft off Anzio, western Italy, with the loss of 46.
January 30 – WWII: United States troops invade Majuro, Marshall Islands.
January 31 – WWII: Battle of Kwajalein: American forces land on Kwajalein Atoll and other islands in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands.