nazis

[Jassika]

hitler was such a strange character. he was a vegetarian and stuff. ive heard Sikhs fought against the Nazi's and welcomed the creation of Israel. Anyone else hear that or got info?

[S1ngh]

Hitler = very strange character !

Sikhs in second world War fought against the nazi regime and ALSO they fought along with germans against british... They were known as Azad Hind ! Approx. 13,000 sikhs were in that army who were fighting under nazi support/command, BECAUSE they wanna get rid of british rule in india. (BTW, those sikhs didn't know all those SS camps etc.. None of the world knew it beofre the death of Hitler."

Famous sayings of Sikhs who were with nazis : "My enemy's enemy is our friend."

I also wanted to make section on Sikhpride regarding Sikhs with germans and stuff.. but someone close to me told me not to do cauz it will damage the reputation of sikhs and i completely understand and agree with it !

here are couple of images of some sikhs who were with germans :

[Gupt_Singh]

not many sikhs fought with hitler actually. those who did were part of rash bihari bose's (or maybe subhas chandra bose cant remember) INA (indian national army) - a group of indian fighters made up from captured jap and german PoWs - many soldiers in this army were forced into it through torture, etc.

i think rash bihari bose also helped out with bhai randhir singhs militant group when they attempted a revolution through mutinying troops in india.

[S1ngh]

True.. not many sikhs fought with hitler.. and thanks god for that.. but there were couple of hundreds/thousands here and there.. They weren't tortured, they were given an option in another word war propaganda..

here's more info :

Traitors, turncoats, and conspirators. These were some of the words used by the loyal Allied Sikh troops for their counterpart Axis Sikh troops. But this is incorrect, for these Sikhs were loyal. They were devoted to a Free India, not to enslavement by the British Raj. In the years from 1939-1945, there were over 65,000 Indian defectors who joined in the Azad Hind government of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Of those, almost 13,000 of them were Sikhs. Ranging from the shores of the Atlantic on Rommel’s fortifications in Europe to the sweltering jungles of Burma, the Sikh mutineers fought for liberation always keeping the famous saying in their minds, “My enemy’s enemy is my friend.”

[Guest mehtab]

28,000 out of the 42,000 soldiers (67%) of the azad hind fauj aka indian national army were Sikhs.

[Jkaur]

wow neva knew sikhs fought along nazis too.. learnt sthin ..

[theturbanator]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

I havr heard something about Hitler and Sikhs, my friend once said that he praised Sikhs because , theres no better thing than a soldiers whos not afriad to die. He also told me if a Sikh walked in Germany, all barber, liquor, tobaco shops had to be closed. He said he found this from Hitlers Journal.

Forgive me if i sad something wrong...this is just what ive heard.

[Gupt_Singh]

yeah the 67% fact is probably true......but many were forced in and sikhs constituted a large percentage of those recruited for war anyway.......

i think that the people who fought with hitler, even tho it was against the brits, did a huuuuuuuuge paap. i dont think "my enemies enemy is my friend" is a good motto, since khalsas fight for what is right, not for self interest. even if freedom from raj is not entirely self interest.

[Sarbloh Soulja]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

rash bihari did help with Bhai Randhir Singhs jatha during the revolution

[S1ngh]

Waheguroo Jee Ka Khalsa!

Waheguroo Jee Kee Fateh!!

I havr heard something about Hitler and Sikhs, my friend once said that he praised Sikhs because , theres no better thing than a soldiers whos not afriad to die. He also told me if a Sikh walked in Germany, all barber, liquor, tobaco shops had to be closed. He said he found this from Hitlers Journal.

Forgive me if i sad something wrong...this is just what ive heard.

That's true.. With no doubt hitler was very cruel..

Well.. once there was hockey match was going on between germany and british india (all sikhs mostly) and hitler was there watching the match.. Germany lost the game, after the game hitler said.. "i am not mad because they are our brothers too who won the match..." Aryan race and stuff.. that's what he said..