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7 more Indians release video, say forced to fight Ukraine war by Russian army
(indianexpress.com)
this post was submitted on 06 Mar 2024
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Don’t forget they fought against Nazi Germany because Britain owned them and forced them too.
Frankly I assume they’d have rather sat the whole thing out and as such I doubt they really cared all too much about a European conflict.
It wasn't just a European issue. They had a name for these types of issues
Planet War
Earf, v earf
The
Europe and European colonies plus Japan wanting to join in with European imperialism War?
Or
Europe and European colonies plus Japan wanting to do its own European imperialism after being stiffed last time War?
The world aspect was because Europe decided it owned the world, not because it was the worlds war.
There was conflict on nearly every continent, I'm not saying who started it, just where it happened.
There were based operations in india related to fighting in China and Burma for example.
Frankly this article is an interesting overview. Lots going on
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_in_World_War_II#:~:text=British%20India%20officially%20declared%20war,the%20China%20Burma%20India%20Theater.
Sure is a lot of Britain in there. Almost like India had no say in the matter🤔
How much of the world war was European colonial powers forcing natives of the lands they had invaded to fight their battles for them? Like I said it was a European war, just because every battlefield wasn’t in Europe doesn’t change that.
I didn't speak to the colonial link to England. Keep reading, not all of India was unified on that decision, and the time period played a critical role towards independence.
Further, operations were based out of the country, regarding other theaters of war in Asia. Are you familiar with where India and Myanmar (then Burma) are located?
I get what your trying to do so I'll head you off: colonialism is wrong, and India DID get dragged into the conflict. I'm not contesting that.
All I was highlighting is conflict occurred in the area, and India was involved in several different ways.
You're forgetting the entire Pacific War, which had little to do with Europe. You're forgetting Japan invading China and interrupting the civil war. You're forgetting Japan invading every island in between them and New Guinea.
Your comment infantilizes local groups who used the war to settle local or regional rivalries. Colonial subjects were not idiots being used. They took up sides based on their goals and historical alliances.