British And Indian Commonalities Analysis

According to a small selection of biographies and autobiographies of British and Indian WWII veterans, there were important commonalities in the backgrounds of the soldiers and commonalities along with some differences for motivations to enlist. There were commonalities in their background in the selections because both British and Indians had many different classes in their society enlist. The commonalties in motivations to enlist stem from the less wealthy British and Indian soldiers mostly joining for a steady job and money. Unlike the British upper class, however, the Indian upper class did not join for the sake of their country, but for similar reasons to the lower class Indians. According to the small list of selections in both British and Indian society people
As discussed earlier, Francis Ingall came from a rich family of stockbrokers. When the war started, he said the call of the army was too strong to protect his country. One cannot forgot, like other British men, however, Ingall’s family had a strong military pedigree. Unlike Ingall, Hassan Khan, a Punjabi, who would go on to become a general in the Pakistani army only joined the army because his parent believed it was the best option for him. Another wealthy South Asian was a doctor named Satyen Basa. His motivation was also due to job security during the war. These two accounts are different to Ingall because patriotism had no part in their reasoning to enlist. Therefore, a main difference in the motivation to enlist between the British and Indians is caused by the wealthy British and Indians. The wealthy British like Ingalls felt they needed to help their country while wealthy Indians like Khan and Basa felt it gave them the best job