Which war effort did Gandhi support?

Answer 1

There wasn't a war which Gandhi did not supported. He supported all the wars in his time. Gandhi felt it was his duty to support the British during the Boer War; so he organized and led an Indian Corps to nurse When three hundred free Indians and eight hundred indentured servants volunteered, the whites were impressed. Gandhi was given a medal for his service in the Boer War. Gandhi also supported the British in their war with the Zulus. In South Africa he never did anything for the blacks. Gandhi wanted to be "Recruiter-in-Chief" for the Viceroy. In the spring of 1918 Gandhi was persuaded by the British to help raise soldiers for a final victory effort in the war. In 1917-18, Gandhi began tramping about India, recruiting men for the British Army. Charlie Andrews criticized Gandhi for recruiting Indians to fight for the British. Gandhi was still loyal to Britain and to the ideals of the British Constitution, with which he later declared to have "fallen in love. It was World War II that finally brought the itinerant saint-politician back into public life. After war broke out in September 1939, the British immediately brought India into the conflict without consulting the nationalist leadership. Even as howls of outrage rose from the Congress and the Muslim League, Gandhi was invited to see the Viceroy, now Lord Linlithgow. Having never lost his deep respect for Britain Gandhi pledged his personal support to Britain and the allies. Gandhi, unhappy at taking advantage of Britain's weakness. He told the Sikhs "don't let your swords rust". He wanted India to attack Kashmir. In his 1949 "Reflections on Gandhi," George Orwell, regarding the late war, wrote that "one question every pacifist had a clear obligation to answer was: 'What about the Jews? Are you prepared to see them exterminated? If not, how do you propose to save them without resorting to war?'" Orwell recorded Gandhi's answer, which was: German Jews should commit collective suicide. For more articles on Gandhi visit http://www.rupeenews.com