Gandhi Marche Sur Delhi CBI (id:#66717)

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Near Khampat, Burma 1944-03-04 (4 others)

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In the 1930s, some Indian nationalists advocated the use of force to end the Raj -- English colonial domination. They obviously aroused the interest of imperial Japan. The fall of Singapore left 45,000 Indian prisoners, often receptive to anti-colonial discourse, and an "Indian National Army" (INA) was born in September 1942. The evolution of the conflict, Japanese duplicity and the absence of concrete military commitment gnawed the INA, reinvigorated the following year by the return to Asia of the charismatic leader Chandra Bose and the prospect of participating, finally, in the liberation of India. The Japanese army in Burma launched the U-Go offensive renamed "march on Delhi" by the INA. Bose hoped to provoke the desertion of Indian soldiers and the uprising of the population against the Raj.

Defender: British (No more details)  

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