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Indian experiences in WW2

History Extra podcast

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4.34.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Around 2.5 million Indian soldiers fought in the Second World War. Behind this staggering number lies a complex web of emotional experiences – and Diya Gupta unpicks that tangled web in her new book, India in the Second World War: An Emotional History. Diya speaks to Ellie Cawthorne about how both Indian soldiers and civilians back home felt about the war, and how the conflict impacted on their lives. (Ad) Diya Gupta is the author of India in the Second World War: An Emotional History (Hurst, 2023). Buy it now from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/India-Second-World-War-Emotional/dp/1787389456/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine and BBC History Revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to the History Extra Podcast, fascinating historical conversations from BBC History

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magazine and BBC History Revealed.

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Around 2.5 million Indian soldiers fought in the Second World War. And behind this staggering

1:26.6

number lies a complex web of emotional experiences. And that tangled web is something that Deer

1:33.7

Gupta unpicks in her new book India in the Second World War in emotional history. I spoke to Deer

1:40.7

to find out more about how both soldiers and civilians felt about the war, and how it's

1:46.4

impacted on Indian lives. Welcome to the History Extra Podcast. Thanks so much for joining us.

1:52.0

We're going to talk today about your book India in the Second World War, An Emotional History.

1:57.8

I wanted to start by just asking you about that title, An Emotional History. What do you mean by

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that? Can you tell us a bit about your approach? Yes, of course. I mean, thank you for having

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me on the show. I'm really delighted to be here to talk about the book. And you're not the first person

2:12.3

to question me about that title. And in some ways, I'm glad I put it in there because it's intrigued

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