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Indian Volunteers for German Army
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Portrayed here ara indian volunteers from the "free indian legion"or "Azad Hind Fauj". This was one of the more exotic volunteer units of the German Heer. Many of the so-called "legions" did in most of the cases not exceed regimental strenght (approx 2000 men). In case of this unit, a batallion ( approx.500 men) would have been plenty...this particular unit consisted of Indians who evidently opposed British rule of India, and who hoped to gain some form of independent status after the war. The Azad Hind Fauj had the German designation of "infanterie-regiment 950".The shield worn on the upper arm shows the three horizontal colors (orange, white and green) of the Indian national congress with a superimposed jumping tiger. This unit fought at Monte-cassino.
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They would have just used them to get the victory and then they would have started to show their true colours.
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Not racist in the way we've come to understand it, but yes racist. EVERY racial group is racist. It's the natural law to preserve your own. Keep religion and politics out of it and you'll see truth hidden deep within what the Nazi's were about.
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so the nazis are not completely racist after all ? I mean, if they are, would they associated with any other races in their conquest to be the only superior race ? That the nazis are labeled racist because the western propoganda it that way ? So to...
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motto: my enemy's enemy is my friend...
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one of the more interesting propaganda pictures:portrayed here ara indian volunteers from the "free indian legion"or "Azad Hind Fauj". This was one of the more exotic volunteer units of the German Heer. Many of the so-called "legions" did in most of the...
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the original aryan race came from the indus valley in what is now pakistan. go figure