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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
China has done far more than India than WWII and suffered a hell of alot more. And truth be told, more countries did more than India. India did not win WWII by herself.
The Chinese faced off 75% of the IJA and half of Japan's Air Force and even after Nanking, they didn't give up. The Chinese have killed far more IJA soldiers than India and the Burma Road campaigns were won by Chinese blood. The Chinese have done their share, far, far, far more than India.
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How about this. China had no choice BUT to fight; they were being raped by the Japanese on mass. China was fighting for survival, not because they had any loyalties to the Allies. India however was commiting 2 million men to a war which was not even ours...
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And if you want to compare, Canada has done far more than India in WWII. At less than 10% of your population, we've committed over a million men in uniform and 3rd (number of ships) or fourth (tonnage) largest navy in the world and we were the ones who won the Battle of the Atlantic. And while it can be said that without India, the Brits could not have won WWII, without Canada, the Brits would have lost WWII.
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Its quite pointless to compare the two. Canada was giving full support willingly to the British. India was going through revolution, lack of support for Indian troops and still managed to commit 2 million troops to the British for WWII. Yes, more troops then Canada. India was a British colony under revolution, Canada was a seperate country. All India had was what the British allowed India to have. We gave what we could most give, i.e. huge manpower and plenty of resources.