🇬🇧 Admiration for British rule in India Hitler saw British control over India as a textbook example of efficiency and racial superiority. He thought the British rule in India was a shining example of how a "superior" race could rule over vast territories. 2/12

From Mein Kampf* (1925): 🇮🇳🇬🇧 "The Englishman, in his political leadership, sets a brilliant example for us… The way in which he governs 350 million Indians with a handful of officials is a model of efficiency." *banned in Russia 3/12

🇮🇳 Contempt for Gandhi and Indian independence Hitler had no time for Gandhi and the movement for Indian independence. He dismissed the idea of self-rule and saw India as incapable of governing itself. 4/12

From Hitler’s table talk (1942): 💬 "Gandhi is nothing but a half-naked fakir... Indians are incapable of self-rule; without the British, they would fall into barbarism." 5/12

From Hitler's 1937 speech: 🇮🇳🇬🇧 "The idea that India could govern itself is absurd. The British are there because they are the stronger race. If they left, India would collapse into tribal warfare and starvation." 6/12

🇮🇳 Opportunistic Support for Subhas Chandra Bose In 1942, Hitler met with Subhas Chandra Bose, but his support for Bose was hardly out of genuine sympathy for Indian independence. 7/12

From a meeting with Subhas Chandra Bose (1942): 💬 "I have no interest in liberating India. The British Empire must be preserved as long as it serves our purposes. But if supporting Bose weakens England, then we will do so—for now." – Hitler and Bose: The Unknown Story 8/12

From a conversation with Albert Speer (1942): "The British were right to keep India under their boot. A people that cannot even feed itself does not deserve freedom." Source: Inside the Third Reich (Albert Speer, 1970) 9/12

🇮🇳 Post-war plans for India After the war, Hitler’s plans for India were as brutal as his visions for the East. He proposed that if Britain didn’t align with his New Order, Germany would take India for itself. 10/12

Hitler’s views on British India vs. his plans for the Soviet Union 🇮🇳 Hitler drew direct comparisons between British rule in India and his intended colonisation of the Soviet Union, seeing both as examples of "superior" races dominating vast populations. 11/12

From a 1939 speech to Nazi leadership: 💬 "The British suck India dry for resources, and we must do the same in Russia—take the grain, oil, and coal, and let the natives starve if necessary." 12/12