Chiang had authority in at least one area where his Western counterparts were compromised: his unwavering anti-imperialism. This would become particularly important as the newly begun war in Asia threatened the prize possession of the British Empire, the subcontinent of India. Axis planners had expressed covetous and ambitious plans to create a pincer that would attack from the Middle East and East Asia, capturing the Indian Empire with its manpower and rich resources. It was vital that no such plan ever came to fruition, but there was genuine fear that the turbulent state of domestic Indian
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