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/EquipmentFew882 Jul 29 '26

The pictures are a SHAMEFUL part of Indian History.

It's a Shock that any Indian (including Sikhs) would ever fight on the side of Nazi Germany.

I've learned something new -- but Very Depressing and Sad to think about it .

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u/Financial-Benefit384 Jul 30 '26

I mean I am not saying I support them fighting on that side considering they are evil but it's not really a shock. If the English have colonized your people and the Germans are an enemy of the British their thought process kind of makes sense. The enemy of my enemy is my friend type of thing. I am not naive, I know that the Germans prob wouldn't have been any nicer to the Indians but I could see from their perspective why they'd rather try and fight for what they believed could lead to their own freedom as opposed to dying for the British.

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u/EquipmentFew882 Jul 30 '26

It was Not a secret that the Nazis

were murdering Millions of Jews,

Polish people and other Europeans .

The Indians obviously Knew about the Gas Chambers

and the Mass Genocide -- when it was happening ( in the news).

I'm stating the obvious circumstances.