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Does that earn India a place over China?
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Depends sir, a Communist country fighting for their own survival on one hand, and a secular democratic country commiting its entire economy and fielding the largest volunteer army to help Britain fight her war. Hard choice?
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Well, no, Canada was still a Dominion
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Sir, I believe the canadian constitution was drafted like in 1935 or well, somewhere in the 30s.... and Canada had declared War independent of Britain; India was automatically at war when the British Empire went to war.
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The point was that India's contribution to WWII does not give her any rights above the P5 members ... well, with the exception of France (and on that one, I have no idea).
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Well ofcourse sir, we were part of the British Empire. Only pawns I guess. Demeaning Indian contribution aswell....
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*** sidenote: I did a search on Indian Generals in WWII, couldn't find one, could you help? ***
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Not allowed. All Indian units were lead by British officers, because the British did not allow India to have its own head because of the fear of rebellion; like the previous Sepoy Mutiny.
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I don't mean to demean the British Indian Army but I find it revolting when internet warriors demean the sacrafice of others.
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Sir, it is not demeaning the sacrifice of others. It is simply that sir, India commited a huge amount of forces, one of the largest contributions in the commonwealth. India itself fielded 2.5 million troops, at the time becoming the largest all-volunteer force in history. Yet sir, Indian contribution is neither given great significance either by British historians or by Indian historians. The Indian army formed the third largest allied force to invade Italy after the US and Britain. Just read up on the Battle of Monte Cassino where we spilled a great deal of our blood. Burma, North Africa, were again some major theatres in which the Indian army took part in. And not to mention, that India's economy did provide the economic backbone for Britain and the Commonwealth. It has been the Indian sacrifice which is being demeaned, no one elses...