hitler and India
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8660064.stm
Sigh. I know that himmler strove mightily, (and fruitlessly), to make some sort of nazi/Indian connection. But, to make a long story short, it was fraudulent and an intellectual mess. Adolf himself was quoted as stating that Indians were no good for anything more than turning their prayer wheels. There was a pro-German movement within India during WWII, from a nationalistic point of view and a desire to use whatever means to kick the British out, (the enemy of my enemy is my friend, etc.). But it was pretty small. A few Indian POW's were induced to join the Germans and formed an "Indian Legion" which did little more than defend itself from attacks by the Free French during the Fall of 1944. A weird little footnote to the War.
Sigh. I know that himmler strove mightily, (and fruitlessly), to make some sort of nazi/Indian connection. But, to make a long story short, it was fraudulent and an intellectual mess. Adolf himself was quoted as stating that Indians were no good for anything more than turning their prayer wheels. There was a pro-German movement within India during WWII, from a nationalistic point of view and a desire to use whatever means to kick the British out, (the enemy of my enemy is my friend, etc.). But it was pretty small. A few Indian POW's were induced to join the Germans and formed an "Indian Legion" which did little more than defend itself from attacks by the Free French during the Fall of 1944. A weird little footnote to the War.
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