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I feel the upper part of this meme is about ww2 in the western world (against the germans & their friends) and the bottom part is about the ww2 in the eastern world (against japan). Would argue India isn't actually alone underwater in this second part of the meme.
India sent hundreds-of-thousands of soldiers to the European and North African fronts, though.
Did India send soldiers, or did Britain send Indian ~~soldiers~~ conscripts?
The Indian Army was, at this time, actually an all-volunteer force.
Ah OK, no conscripts.
So what if it were conscription? If the British forced them and they helped win an honorable war to stop fascism, how does that change the fact here that the Indian people deserve more respect and recognition for it?
Do conscripts not matter?
I think the issue is India being dragged into a war by its colonizers. India would have had no reason to fight in those fronts if it wasn't for the fact it was controlled by Britain.
I would say not no reason, but certainly less reason.