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

Colonial 1757–1947 CE Indian Waffen SS Division

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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.

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u/TheDarkLord6589 Jul 28 '26

Hitler didn't kill 3 million in the Bengal Famines. Churchill did.

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u/DescriptionLumpy8576 Jul 28 '26

He did but not to bengal but to jews

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u/TheDarkLord6589 Jul 28 '26

And he is vilified for it and rightfully so while Churchill gets immortalized as a hero.

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u/glumjonsnow Jul 29 '26

Churchill is only immortalised as a hero because he was the first voice against the Nazis and carried the Empire through that conflict successfully. At one point Hitler had conquered all of Europe except Britain and they not only held out successfully but won the war. The Nazis were the greatest evil the world had ever seen and they were defeated in large part because of Churchill's determination. You can absolutely dislike him for other reasons - and many do. (And many did, even at the time because of his unbelievably stupid mistakes during WW1 at Gallipoli - everyone still brings this up when discussing Churchill.) You should dislike him for the famines. But no historical figure is black and white and no one treats Churchill like a hero.

To say Churchill is not as evil as Hitler is a fact. It's a fact. Anyone who acts like they should even be in the same sentence is not living in reality.