2006-12-25 01:07:19 · 7 answers · asked by hello 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The British left India after the end of WWII. If they wanted to try to hang on to India, they could have tried-- the war was no longer a distraction, but how could they have countered the tactics of Gandhi?
2006-12-25 01:15:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
The world had changed by WW II, and the British Empire was ready to fall apart. It's hard to fight a war against occupation (by Germany) while arguing a divine right to the occupation of colonies. Ghandi came along at the right time, and no one can argue that he did not call attention to the inconsistency of the colonial regimes fighting for the Allied side. Britain was also economically strapped by the expenses of war, and had to show some generosity towards the colonials who fought with the Allies to keep England free.
2006-12-25 09:24:16 · answer #2 · answered by thylawyer 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it was more of world war 2
although people keep harping on gandhi gandhi he didnt do it all....thousands of freedom fighters died trying to make the british leave...also subhash chandra bose started the indian national army which had been defeated but had made a good attempt to achieve independence..
the biggest part though was that india raise an army of 2.5 million men during world war two, who fought on the british side resulting in the largest all volunteer army ever raised and their contributions in north africa, east africa, burma, and italy were well rewarded with independence
2006-12-25 17:00:17 · answer #3 · answered by bobji738 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
GO GHANDI!!!! Had to be the most peaceful resistance in the history of the world! And it worked - bless his cotton socks. No anarchy; no civil war; no bloodshed; no CIA/KGB/MI5; just a peaceful stroll across the country saying "...you know - we don't have to do it like this..." How cool is that? The only solicitor I've ever had faith in!
2006-12-25 09:44:01 · answer #4 · answered by joybelle with warm water 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it was both, and many more factors
WW2 make Britain economically weak, too weak to support any civil war with India
and Gandhiji's style of non-violence made it impossible for the british to win without launching a full-fledged war in India
2006-12-25 09:26:13 · answer #5 · answered by sushobhan 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that it was the Americans that put a lot of pressure on the British to dismantle the empire. And they succumbed to that pressure.The end of WW 2 was the end of the age of Empires.
2006-12-25 09:11:41 · answer #6 · answered by sonny_too_much 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ghandi, in my opinion. Someone could probably argue otherwise.
2006-12-25 09:08:59 · answer #7 · answered by awesomecommunist 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋