Question

Bose met Hitler in 1942 at the Reich Chancellery. What motivated Bose to meet Hitler in 1942?

• A. Bose wanted to explore all possible means to achieve India’s independence.
• B. Bose wanted Hitler's help to mend his relationship with Gandhi.
• C. Bose had adopted the concept that the ‘enemy’s enemy is your friend’.
• D. Bose believed that freedom was non-attainable without foreign support.

Answer 1

Answer: (A), (C), (D)

The correct options are
A Bose wanted to explore all possible means to achieve India’s independence.
C Bose had adopted the concept that the ‘enemy’s enemy is your friend’.
D Bose believed that freedom was non-attainable without foreign support.

Bose met Hitler to explore all possible means to achieve the cherished goal of India’s independence. Bose had adopted the concept that the ‘enemy’s enemy is your friend’. After the defeat of Germany in the First World War, Germany wanted to bring about a global redistribution of colonies to establish German supremacy on the world stage. Bose spent time in Germany occupied Rome and Paris organising the ‘Free India Centres’. In these centres, Azad Hind Radio was set up with the help of Germans that carried regular propaganda in support of India’s freedom.