The great remembrance divide: Britain fought for freedom in Europe, but against it in the colonies
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/10/remembrance-day-britain-colonies-second-world-war-europe-britain-india-hitler
Winston Churchill made no secret of his belief that “coloured” people had no right to be free. In August 1941, in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, he signed with the US president Franklin D Roosevelt the Atlantic charter which asserted “the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live”. This was hailed as a great war aim of the allies. Yet on his return, Churchill told the House of Commons that this was not “applicable to coloured races in colonial empire” but only to the states and nations of Europe.
Related:
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/07/indias-second-world-war-history-you-dont-hear-about
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/10/remembrance-day-britain-colonies-second-world-war-europe-britain-india-hitler
Winston Churchill made no secret of his belief that “coloured” people had no right to be free. In August 1941, in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, he signed with the US president Franklin D Roosevelt the Atlantic charter which asserted “the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live”. This was hailed as a great war aim of the allies. Yet on his return, Churchill told the House of Commons that this was not “applicable to coloured races in colonial empire” but only to the states and nations of Europe.
Related:
https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/07/indias-second-world-war-history-you-dont-hear-about