Topic: The Indian National Army As Distinct From Indian Army Under The British Crown | |
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Topic: The Indian National Army As Distinct From Indian Army Under The British Crown | |
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June 18th, 2006
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| Immunes  |  Post; The Indian National Army As Distinct From Indian Army Under The British Crown  THE FLAG OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY  MEDALLION INSTITUTED BY THE AZAD HIND FORCE (INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY)  NETAJI SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE (SUPREME COMMANDER AND HEAD OF PROVISIONAL FREE GOVT OF INDIA IN EXILE ) DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS ARMY FOUGHT ALONG WITH THE JAPANESE IN SOUTH EAST ASIA AGAINST THE ALLIES AS PART OF THE ONGOING WAR OF INDEPENDECE WAGED BY INDIAN NATIONALISTS TO OVERTHROW THE ALMOST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITISH RULE ? THE SUPREME COMMANDER WAS PROCLAIMED A WAR CRIMINAL BUT FOR INDIANS NETAJI SUBHAS BOSE IS A NATIONAL HERO.TILL DATE HIS DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH REMAINS A MYSTERY.AFTER THE CAPITULATION OF JAPAN HE WAS KNOWN TO BE HEADING FOR SOVET RUSSIA BUT THE JAP PLANE HE WAS TRAVELLING ON CAUGHT FIRE AND SOME CLAIM HE EXPIRED IN A JAP MIL HOSPITAL AND SOME CLAIM HE ESCAPED.ITS ONE OF THE MYSTERIES OF WW 2 Last edited by roverin; June 18th, 2006 at 15:53. |
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June 18th, 2006
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Well it was well known in my day, the number of Indian prisoner that joined him was quite small, if I remember rightly the maxim people had in his army was about 2,000. Yet there again there were a number of British who fought for Hitler during WW2.
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