07-23-2007, 08:36 PM
hello all who are interested in this topic!
i am not an expert on indian history, but i do know a little bit about the wwii indian legion/axis warriors.
one important fact that has not been mentioned in this thread, is that there are actually TWO groups of indians who fought for the nazi's, ..................... and i am not sure if they ended up fighting together, or not.
in september of '39, there were several thousand indian college students in germany, and once england declared war on germany,..............they were rounded up, and interned. they were approached, and asked if they would like to swap sides, and fight for the germans, or stay in prisoner of war camps. many, but not all, chose to join the wehrmacht. originally, there were high hopes of training some/many of them, and parachute them back into india, to set off bombs, and cause problems there for the english. <!--emo&:bevil--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/b_evil.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='b_evil.gif' /><!--endemo-->
the other group, are the ones who were captured in north africa, and you guys have discussed.
does anyone know if there are any of these pre 1942 indians still alive, or of any interviews from any of them??
would be interesting to hear what they have to say, as to what happened, and what they did during the war.
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i am not an expert on indian history, but i do know a little bit about the wwii indian legion/axis warriors.
one important fact that has not been mentioned in this thread, is that there are actually TWO groups of indians who fought for the nazi's, ..................... and i am not sure if they ended up fighting together, or not.
in september of '39, there were several thousand indian college students in germany, and once england declared war on germany,..............they were rounded up, and interned. they were approached, and asked if they would like to swap sides, and fight for the germans, or stay in prisoner of war camps. many, but not all, chose to join the wehrmacht. originally, there were high hopes of training some/many of them, and parachute them back into india, to set off bombs, and cause problems there for the english. <!--emo&:bevil--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/b_evil.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='b_evil.gif' /><!--endemo-->
the other group, are the ones who were captured in north africa, and you guys have discussed.
does anyone know if there are any of these pre 1942 indians still alive, or of any interviews from any of them??
would be interesting to hear what they have to say, as to what happened, and what they did during the war.
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