03-26-2006, 12:48 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-ben_ami+Mar 25 2006, 10:33 PM-->QUOTE(ben_ami @ Mar 25 2006, 10:33 PM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->very interesting post.
can you give us some more info about the indians who fought under germans aboinst the brits??
In the thread about Netaji here, we have some pictures showing Netaji with Rommel and other german top brass. Do you have more pictures and information about the exact nature of the Indische Infantrie Regiment and its achievements. We are well aware of what they did in Burma and Eastern India, bt not so much about their European exploits.
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Well, the most I know about the unit is described in the above mentioned article. I haven't been able to find much specific information about them, other than just short reports or news articles readily available on the internet. The best source for information is always from veterans, but all of the German WW2 veterans I have personally spoken with know little or nothing about the Free India Legion, as they were assigned to different fronts of the war. I do have some pictures I've found in my searches, and I will post them in the morning because I have to transfer them off my old computer, which I am too tired to boot up right now <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> . In Europe, from what I can tell, they were mostly used as a garrison force in German occupied France, haven their vehicles and heavy weapons taken away for use in the Eastern Front against the Russians. That is, although, initially, the plan was to use them to march to Indian via Russia and the Middle East before the German defeat at Stalingrad. Also, there are many reports that the unit was inducted into the elite SS divisions by the end of the war, with its own specific designation and insignia, although there is some contraversy over this subject. I will post more information tomorrow though, as it is already 1 A.M. here, and I'm very tired.
So, in review, I am still gathering as much information as I can on the subject, and if you or anyone you know may be interested in either helping with research or actually joining the reenacting unit, please don't hesitate to ask for more details at the email address above.
Until we speak again,
Shubha raatri.
can you give us some more info about the indians who fought under germans aboinst the brits??
In the thread about Netaji here, we have some pictures showing Netaji with Rommel and other german top brass. Do you have more pictures and information about the exact nature of the Indische Infantrie Regiment and its achievements. We are well aware of what they did in Burma and Eastern India, bt not so much about their European exploits.
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Well, the most I know about the unit is described in the above mentioned article. I haven't been able to find much specific information about them, other than just short reports or news articles readily available on the internet. The best source for information is always from veterans, but all of the German WW2 veterans I have personally spoken with know little or nothing about the Free India Legion, as they were assigned to different fronts of the war. I do have some pictures I've found in my searches, and I will post them in the morning because I have to transfer them off my old computer, which I am too tired to boot up right now <!--emo&
--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> . In Europe, from what I can tell, they were mostly used as a garrison force in German occupied France, haven their vehicles and heavy weapons taken away for use in the Eastern Front against the Russians. That is, although, initially, the plan was to use them to march to Indian via Russia and the Middle East before the German defeat at Stalingrad. Also, there are many reports that the unit was inducted into the elite SS divisions by the end of the war, with its own specific designation and insignia, although there is some contraversy over this subject. I will post more information tomorrow though, as it is already 1 A.M. here, and I'm very tired.So, in review, I am still gathering as much information as I can on the subject, and if you or anyone you know may be interested in either helping with research or actually joining the reenacting unit, please don't hesitate to ask for more details at the email address above.
Until we speak again,
Shubha raatri.