Who was Subhas Chandra Bose and what unlikely alliance did he forge?
Answer
An Indian nationalist leader who allied first with Nazi Germany then Imperial Japan to form the Indian National Army from British-Indian POWs, fighting alongside Japanese forces in Burma to free India from British rule
Did You Know?
Bose is revered in India as a freedom fighter despite allying with the Axis. He organized POWs into the INA whose motto was Give me blood, I will give you freedom. His plane allegedly crashed in Taiwan in 1945, though mystery surrounds his death.