Ghandi wasn’t even much of a distraction. The spilled blood made the change. The Brits were more than willing to keep up with the likes of Ghandi. It was the bloodshed and the need for expensive troops that got them to let go.
Somewhere I've got vid of an old, old woman talking about how she saw him when she was a child, at a railway station.
He did matter. He visited the Queen. Children remarked on his humble appearance.
Fast forward to the '60s. Where did America lose the war? In the field? No. Not even with the evil dip---- that was SecDef.
We lost that war in the living room of America in front of the warm radiation of B&W televisions.
Uncle Walter played a large part in that.
/johnny