Quote Originally Posted by Furunculu5 View Post
correct, the Empire was always a glorified trading club, we were never going to fight india to hold india from the indians.
There is the very real life example of what you and he wrote. For instance, the democratic government of UK was always subject to public opinion. When Gandhi and other Indians started protesting, and the repression ensued, there was great comotion in Britain because of it.

After the independence, however, some wise indians decided to do the very same thing on Portuguese controlled Goa. That is, protest non-violently for the reintegration of Portuguese India into India. Thing is, the fascist government doesn't really care what the people might come to think of it, since even the nationals themselves are repressed. Furthermore, I'm sure not many people outside Portuguese Goa, and much less in metropolitan Portugal heard of the events.

Anyways, long story short, their plan was to storm Goa and refuse to leave until it was Indian. They began their non-violent protest, refusing to return to India, saying they'd continue in Goa until it was Indian. Therefore the, military was ordered to put down the people, which was followed by several arrest of people who supported Indian Integration. If India was Nazi German colony, Ghandi would have been killed as soon as he started giving trouble.