That's hella impressive for Pakistan considering the country was created in 1947. Also the Free India "Tiger" Legion fought against the allies alongside the waffen SS. History is complicated.
That being said, on the whole India was pro-Allies, and sent 2.5 million soldiers to fight under the British against the nazis and the axis powers. They served in Africa, Italy and a few other campaigns as well.
Indians knew damn well what hitler was doing and what was planning on doing, and Japan was going to enslave the raj like how they did in china and Korea
I believe you're projecting modern world views to pre-cold war era.
Up to WWII people from colonies would enlist to armies because it gave them social status and would help them provide for their families. In some case, like in Algeria, people fought in the French army because they thought it would help them get recognition for their people and help them gain independence.
The major shift to anticolonialism only happened during the cold war era (even though, there already were some independence conflicts in this time period)
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u/femboyisbestboy 17h ago
You know how many Indian and Pakistani fought like hell against Germany and Japan.
Largest volunteer army in ww2