This Remembrance Day, let’s acknowledge how Britain’s colonies suffered during the second world war | Mihir Bose

While Britain fought the second world war to defeat Nazi Germany , it denied freedom to its colonies .

Winston Churchill made no secret of his belief that “coloured” people had no right to be free.

George Orwell and others campaigned for India to be put on par with Australia , New Zealand and other white colonies, which had long been given their freedom.

If it isn’t talked about, the divide between how people in Britain see the war and how those in the former colonies see it will continue to grow, preventing a full understanding of history. Something that is so necessary. - Mihir Bose is the author of Thank You Mr Crombie : Lessons in Guilt and Gratitude to the British .