These three men, my great-grand uncles, were just a small part of a much larger tapestry of courage and bravery that was India’s contribution the Second World War. It’s an apt occasion to pay tribute to the often-forgotten role India played in defeating the Axis powers. More than 2.5 million Indians fought in the Second World War, the largest volunteer force in history. With the end of the war and Independence, many considered India’s role in the Second World War a colonial relic to be forgotten. To view the service of the British Indian Army during the Second World War as some colonial humiliation is highly myopic.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 15, 2020 09:56 UTC