World War II : British women's uniforms in colour photographs

Of all the actions fought on India's Northwest Frontier (today's Afghanistan and Pakistan), the campaign of 1897 was the most threatening to the British Empire.

A widespread alliance of Frontier tribes overran numerous British outposts and even occupied the fabled Khyber Pass itself.

India was directly threatened and Britain's international prestige suffered.Michael Barthorpe, a foremost authority on the British Army and it's uniforms, chronicles the year-long campaign to regain the Khyber Pass.

A series of color plates presents the most accurate depiction, based on the most recent research, of the uniforms of the various participants.