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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
Which ones? You know me a long time. I didn't buy that PPP crap on China. I certainly ain't buying them on India now. As far as the British Indian Army is concerned, I know the British Indian Army contribution and I've even stated that they must have fought at least the division level against the Japanese.
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Fair enough but you are wrong about just being divisional level fights. India also contributed to the war effort in other ways, namely in production of raw materials, food, war materials, etc.
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However, I will not buy the line that India has done more than China in WWII. The Japanese commitement there alone dwarfs anything India faced. To say that didn't have any effect on the overall war effort is totally misguided and disrespectful.
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You will get no argument from me there. But remember that India was in its own front or strategic theater. As there are the Western Europe theater, the Eastern theater, the North Africa theater, the Pacific theater, there is the South Asia theater, Southeast theater, and the Middle East theater in which the British Indian Army played a significant role. Some theaters such as the South Asia theater and Middle East theater may not have the strategic impact as the other theaters did.