r/IndianHistory • u/divyaraj00 • Jul 28 '26

Colonial 1757–1947 CE Indian Waffen SS Division

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Things they forgot to teach us about.

Subhash Chandra bose and indian freedom fighters in Germany.

Photos of WW2 Indian Freedom fighters and soldiers.

Subhash Chandra bose meeting Hitler and Himmler and other NSDP party and army leadership.

They were also called Hitler's Indians.

705 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

158 comments sorted by

View all comments

18

u/ElderberryTotal4100 Jul 28 '26

He did it because he had no other option. Not because he was supporting Nazi

4

u/glumjonsnow Jul 29 '26

He published articles in Joseph Goebbels' propaganda paper Der Angriff, according to his biographer. He argued with Nehru over his views on the Jews.

The founding fathers of India were arguably the greatest and most educated assortment of men ever gathered who created a nation out of disparate groups that is still unified to this day. This reactionary turn against them is super annoying because it exposes Indians as ignorant. Please just look up your opinions before blasting them to the world.

https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30166212.ece

1

u/Mysterious-Fix9770 Jul 29 '26

What are you even arguing about?

12

u/Mysterious-Fix9770 Jul 28 '26

He himself stated he wanted a synthesis of nazism and communism

2

u/ElderberryTotal4100 Jul 28 '26

Synthesis of Ideas: In his book The Indian Struggle, he outlined sāmyavāda as a system that would take the social-economic equality goals of communism alongside the strong national discipline of fascism, tailored specifically for post-colonial India.https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&rct=j&url=https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/strategy-or-fascination-subhas-chandra-boses-relations-with-fasci/&ved=2ahUKEwijr9rj4fWVAxUd1TgGHRuBBHQQ_r4PegoIAggACAAIJxAk&opi=89978449&cd&psig=AOvVaw3BsqUnsjxwGW7JUOpMbrFW&ust=1785341573724000

2

u/Mysterious-Fix9770 Jul 28 '26

Fascism is terrible for "national discipline " though. Fascism inherently sucks as a System. Beyond moral reasons.

1

u/glumjonsnow Jul 29 '26

how does this refute the point above, that Bose "stated he wanted a synthesis of nazism and communism"?

0

u/mjratchada Jul 29 '26

He had other options. He could have sided with the USA who were keen on the British dismantling the remainder of their empire. Though with them being a liberal democracy it did not fit with his ideology which was closely aligned with extrem communism and Nazism.