“The Global Anti-Fascist War”: Memory of the Second World War in Non-Western Countries

... more clear-cut. While still under British colonial rule, the country became one of the founding members of the United Nations. India also underscores its substantial contribution to Japan’s defeat in Southeast Asia. On these grounds, New Delhi seeks a ... ... countries remains on what followed the war—namely, their own struggles for independence. For sub-Saharan African countries, Ethiopia’s experience became an important symbol of resistance to colonialism: it mounted fierce opposition to European powers,...