• Null User Object@programming.dev
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      8 months ago

      That’s utterly vile, especially considering that India fought against the Nazis during WWII. I can’t imagine being one of the soldiers that came back alive and seeing that shit in my own country.

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        8 months ago

        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.

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          8 months ago

          It wasn’t just a European issue. They had a name for these types of issues

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            8 months ago

            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.

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                8 months ago

                During the Second World War (1939–1945), India was a part of the British Empire. British India officially declared war on Nazi Germany

                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.

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                  8 months ago

                  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.

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                  8 months ago

                  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.

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        8 months ago

        They’re rolling in their graves seeing how India dehumanizes and treats Muslims. It’s a slow rolling genocide that doesn’t get much attention.