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This should be obvious enough to not need pointing out, but at the time of the Bengal famine there was a world war in which Japan was invading Asia and Germany
by revelio 3y ago
This should be obvious enough to not need pointing out, but at the time of the Bengal famine there was a world war in which Japan was invading Asia and Germany was invading Europe. Many of the things that exacerbated the Bengal famine were due to defensive measures designed to avoid even worse deaths if those invasions were successful.
In contrast, the famines in the USSR and PRC weren't caused by invasion. They were caused by the collectivization of agriculture for ideological reasons.
- Convolutional 3y ago> Japan was invading Asia and Germany was invading Europe. Many of the things that exacerbated the Bengal famine were due to defensive measures designed to avoid even worse deaths if those invasions were successful. You're talking as if England had not invaded and subjugated India. Gandhi was in prison during World War II due to noncooperatiom with the English invaders, and Nehru and the then big tent Congress party had the same policy. Bose actually went to Japan as he wanted the Japanese to come into India and drive out the English invaders. What was the Dust Bowl famine in the US at the same time but policies of "agriculture for ideological reasons"?
- revelio 3y agoAt the time of the famine