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2023-12-12 14:31:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 15C267EAB5035101C0D150C0B7F2E9B9170AABFF420B1CFC469B41DC778297C9
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Well over 4 million black and asian men fought in the First World War. Over 1.2 million from India fought for Britain. In the Second World War, over 600,000 black men and 2.5 million south asians fought for Britain against the Nazis. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/21/how-millions-of-black-and-asian-men-were-mobilised-in-first-world-war https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/02/23/britains-abandoned-black-soldiers/ https://www.cwgc.org/our-work/blog/discovering-the-fallen-for-south-asian-heritage-month/#:~:text=From%201914%2D1918%20close%20to,largest%20volunteer%20army%20in%20history. https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/they-treated-us-royally-the-experiences-of-black-americans-in-britain-during-the-second-world-war
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