![]() ![]() Farthest Field: an Indian Story of the Second World War. " in the sectarian violence that followed India's partition. The Raj at War: a Peoples History of Indias Second World War. Two new nations modern India, and Pakistan (now Pakistan and Bangladesh) "awoke to self-rule and immediate war." Indian officers who'd served together became enemies.Īnd former soldiers, "hardened by encounters with Nazi SS platoons and Japanese suicide squads, turned their skill at arms against innocents. ![]() ," Karnad writes.Ĭolonial India gained its independence in 1947. "Indonesians, armed by the Japanese, would fight Indians, commanded by the British, on behalf of the Dutch. Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War: Karnad, Raghu: 9780393248098: : Books Skip to main content. ![]() ![]() Some INA soldiers became revered figures in postwar India.Īfter their defeat, some Japanese commanders were "more inclined to surrender their arms to natives than to Allied victors."Īnd that created new complications for Indian troops, who were deployed to help European allies hang on to their colonies. Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War Karnad, Raghu on. Thousands of Indians also fought with the Japanese in the "Indian National Army," which sought India's independence from Great Britain. Full Title: Farthest Field: A Story of Indias Second World War Edition: 1st edition ISBN-13: 978-0393352894 Format: Paperback/softback Publisher: W. ![]()
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