Why is it that the contribution from Muslim and Commonwealth troops during the last two world wars isn't celebrated?
How comes none of us knows about the "2.5million men and women who came over to do their bit in World War II"?
Is it because it flies in the face of the usual Islamophobic rhetoric spouted by the dailymailers (who want everyone to believe that "yer typical Muslim is a banner-waving extremist")?
AOG, it's not anti British to say we weren't alone.
It's an insult to thousands of brave Australian, Kiwis, South Africans, Indians etc to deny them their RIGHTFUL place in our victory.
I'll ask you again how many Australians served in the Italian campaign?
And as for the posters, one I'd question where they were posted, I'm guessing it was for a colonial audience (no conscription in the colonies or Commonwealth), I do however feel that it's a pity that from "together" we got to "rivers of blood" in little over twenty years, I digress....
I have olde photos commorating Victory parades in India/Pakistan if you can direct me to a website to load them up..............before I peg out & all is lost :)
/// It's all too easy nowadays to throw the 'R' word around.///
Wow that is rich coming from you, the person who will use the word at a drop of a hat.
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/// it flies in the face of the usual Islamophobic rhetoric spouted by the dailymailers (who want everyone to believe that "yer typical Muslim is a banner-waving extremist")? ///
Although not actually pointing the finger at any particular race, your reference to the Dailymailers makes it obvious who you mean.
We need to remember that the Indians fought to defend freedoms that we ourselves denied them at home, this in spite of the fact that Hitler offered the Indians indepence if they joined his cause.
They declined enmasse.
I'm still waiting for AOG to tell me how many Australians were serving in Italy....
/// AOG, it's not anti British to say we weren't alone.///
That's is not what I said, I said you were anti British because you prove yourself to be by all your continuous criticism of the British.
I provide you with authentic WW2 posters showing the Empire/Commonwealth forces pulling together to fight a foreign foe, but you still had to make up a false scenario attached to them.
Strange there has been no comment yet about the Muslim SS.
I take it you either don't know or won't say how many Australian were serving in Italy, so I'll tell you, none.
The Australians were sent back to Australia after the fall of Libya due to the threat of invasion from Japan.
After a lot of wrangling Churchill managed to keep the New Zealanders for Italy, now here's the crux of why I was asking you this.
The Australians were sent home to defend Australia, the Indians stayed to fight the Italian and Kesselring's German forces, yet the Japanese were on the borders of India at Burma.
So why weren't the Indians sent home to defend hearth and home, if that's all they were there for?
1945 the Brit/Indian/Ghurkhas Regts were posted to Far East (FARELF) to beat back Japanese & chinese communists invading through Burma down the Malaysian Peninsular. They were assisted by ANZACS, Australia & New Zealand Regts.