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WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Stories From India

WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk

Goalhanger Podcasts

History, Education, Society & Culture

4.85.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Why did Indians join the British Army? Al Murray and James Holland speak to Exeter University's Dr Gajendra Singh about the reasons why young Indian men took part in the Second World War. The discussion spreads to Indian independence, the spread of fascism and how people view the conflict outside of the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:04.3

Tung, welcome to We Have Ways of Making You Talk with me Al-Marie and of course James

1:07.4

Holland and James Holland and James and I are speaking to a very special guest today.

1:11.3

Who've we got Jim?

1:12.3

Well we've got someone I've actually

1:14.1

been hoping to speak to you for quite a long time and I'm very thrilled that we're

1:17.9

now finally doing it is Dr. Kajensing who is a historian down at Exeter University and who's done an incredible amount of work on Indian

1:27.0

soldiers in the two world wars.

1:29.0

But obviously this being about the Second World War, it's a Second World War bit that I'm particularly

1:31.9

interested in.

1:32.7

I'm assuming you are as well now.

1:34.7

But, and you've done a lot on the testimonies of Indian soldiers, which I'm very interested

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