I dont much care what you say about Gandhi but this guy is my hero............
..............so......... govern your responses accordingly :)
I think you opened up a can of worms.
Suffice to say, it appears that with all the mutual love between Hitler and Bose, it was, once again, a White man who used a "brown" man for his own purposes.
It is unfortunate, but facts are nasty things, eh wot?!
White or brown what does it matter? As long as he did what ever it takes to fight and free India. And that mean shaking hands with the devil if necessary. See all the post made by Indians here. You will get an idea of the kind of hero Subhash C Bose is considered in India.
Can of worms? Yeah, big deal. We all know Bose is on the UN War Crimminals List. (But.. but... isnt the UN discredited here on FR? Oh Damn, we cant use that then)
Bose had no love/admiration for the Nazis and Nips. He said that he would do what it takes to win India's freedom. You obviously dont get that. Sure, the Nips and Nazis tried to use them as a propoganda tool and all that. (Hell, the Nazis even had a British and American regiment), but Bose wanted more than just a sham army. Why do you think this brought him in conflict with the Nazis in Europe, and finally after General Moan Singh was removed as INA chief by the Nips in '42, Bose had to regroup and renegotiate. (Bose was not allowed to raise the 3 Indian Divisions that he knew he had the resources for).
Trust me, there was no love lost between the Nazi and Jap high commands and Bose (though there were several lower ranked Officers who overtly supported Bose's efforts. Kurt Krappe of the German Army as well as Field Marsall Rommel, and General Fujiwara of the Imperial Japanese Army. But these guys were sidelined by shortsighted leadership. Too bad. Who knows how the INA and the Azad Hind Legion would have done if they had been allowed to expand.