In World War II, the Japanese army was extremely strong in combat effectiveness, daring to openly argue with the United States, as an island country, it actually invaded the number of countries as high as 30 during the peak period of combat, and its combat effectiveness also shocked the world. But Japan did not invade India, just fought a battle and ran away, is the Indian army so powerful?
In fact, india at that time was a British colony, indians did not even have the concept of the state, as the largest base and logistics supply place of Britain in the Asian battlefield, the British army built an exceptionally strong fortification in India and left a very strong British elite force. At that time, the situation in the European battlefield was scorching, and Japan thought that it had taken advantage of the loophole that Britain had no time to take care of, and sent 80,000 Japanese troops to invade India. But in 5 months, only 10,000 of the 80,000 Japanese troops remained, and the Japanese army paid the price for its arrogance and light enemy.
After Japan ate a closed door in India, it no longer had the heart to print, and Japan did not have the ability to swallow India. In addition, Japan still has to take care of Southeast Asia, the front is too deep, the logistics supply cannot keep up, and the number of troops that can be gathered is also very limited, so it abandons the idea of invading India. The Indians had a strong presence, whether they were German or Japanese, or Allied forces. The entire World War II Indian soldiers all over the world, north African battlefields, Normandy, Sicily, impala rainforest, which big scene has not been seen? By the end of World War II, such as the Third Burma Campaign of 1944-1945, the average British army consisted of 1 British division, 3 British African divisions and 5 British Indian divisions. In addition, the British Indian Army was heavily involved in operations in numerous areas.
In World War II, more than 36,000 Indian soldiers were killed, 34,000 wounded and 67,000 became prisoners of war. Indian soldiers from the British Army won 17 Victoria Crosses, the highest honour ever awarded by the British Army. Indian forces are able to accomplish tasks that other forces cannot and have performed just as well in North Africa, Myanmar and Italy. It was because of its performance in World War II that India overestimated its own strength, and soon after declaring its independence, India claimed to be the leader of the Third World. Since both the United States and the Soviet Union wanted to win him over, India also slowly developed by relying on the large amount of assistance provided by the United States and the Soviet Union. To this day, India still brags from time to time that it is the first army in Asia, and in World War II, it is hard to fight the German army, hard to Rommel, and inspired by this mysterious self-confidence, it is all kinds of deaths, until it is beaten up hard.