It was Indian jawans who stopped the German advance at Ypres in the autumn of 1914, soon after the war broke out, while the British were still recruiting and training their own forces. More than a thousand of them died at Gallipoli, thanks to Churchill’s folly.
一战爆发后不久，恰恰是印度士兵阻挡了1914年秋德军在伊普尔的脚步，从而为英军赢得了招兵买马和操练的时间。有上千名印度士兵战死在加里波利，而这理应归咎于丘吉尔的愚蠢。在美索不达米亚与德国的盟友奥斯曼帝国作战的还有近700,000印度士兵。