Comments by "Voryn Rosethorn" (@vorynrosethorn903) on "How effective were Indian troops in WW2? TIKhistory" video.

The British were particularly prominent due to their forcing of other states to abandon the practice and adopting the stance into their imperial mission. They also strategically strangled the trade (with them cutting off or taking over many of the main established trade routes) and put considerable diplomatic pressure on non compliance or lax\failed enforcement even when they didn't resort to outright gunboat diplomacy.
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@aleksazunjic9672 As I alluded to somewhat, Brazil ended their slave trade largely due to the British and the British also pressured the confederates (lol) to give up the practice. One of the main routes, that being through the Sudan, was taken over by the British and with considerable effort. Even before that they have raided slave ships in the Red sea and helped escaped slaves who made it to their embassy in Cairo. To merely point out the revival ignores the fact that the efforts of the British left the trade in such a state that it had to be revived.
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That would be fantastic, it seems like coverage of this and other periods of Indian history are overly focussed on Indian independence movements at the exclusion of almost everything else happening in the country, even those very relevant to independence and context of the movements (which themselves are often presented as a monolith).
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Not many did defect and the British noted that INA soldiers captured by Indian units had a nasty habit of getting summarily shot. Given the behaviour of the Japanese (which the INA took part in) one can see why they might not have been feeling particularly merciful.
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@bjornsmith9431 Given the relatively small ratio of Indian POW’s who defected (much more than the British but thats hardly surprising) even under pain of death, I think that that is an unfair assessment of their qualities. Churchill is hardly a good source as his comments tended to be flippant and often didn’t reflect reality but rather his biases. The British-Indian army fought well and with dedication to duty, especially considering domestic circumstances (the navy less so).
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