page_title: 44th Airborne Division (India)
hierarchical_section_title: 44th Airborne Division (India)
caption_attribution_description: English: Airborne in Rangoon area, Burma. 5 January 1945. Indian paratroops awaiting the signal to line up and prepare to jump from a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft in the airborne landing south of Rangoon.
context_page_description: The 44th Indian Airborne Division was an airborne forces division of the Indian Army during World War II, created in 1944. It provided a parachute battalion for one minor airborne operation, but the war ended before the complete formation could take part.
context_section_description: The 44th Indian Airborne Division was an airborne forces division of the Indian Army during World War II, created in 1944. It provided a parachute battalion for one minor airborne operation, but the war ended before the complete formation could take part. (However, most of its subordinate formations and units had already seen action before the division had been formed).
caption: Paratroops of the 44th Indian Airborne Division waiting to jump over Rangoon, Burma, 1945.
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