Question

Why did the communists in India decide to support British in the Second World War?

• A. They were alarmed by the attack of the US on Germany.
• B. They were alarmed by the attack on Germany by the Soviet Union.
• C. They did not want British to quit India.
• D. They were alarmed by the attack on the Soviet Union by the Nazis.

Answer 1

The correct option is D They were alarmed by the attack on the Soviet Union by the Nazis.

In 1942, the Communist Party of India decided to support the British war effort. It was alarmed at the attack on the Soviet Union by the Nazis. It realised the danger at a world level and called the war a People’s War.