Apparently India and Germany have enjoyed long-standing historic and cultural ties...
Nazi Germany supported Indian political leader Subhash Chandra Bose's bid for armed struggle against British colonial rule...
General field marshal Rommel with the inspection of a unit of the Free India Legion in France, 1944.
Photo:
Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J16796, Rommel mit Soldaten der Legion "Freies Indien".