Approximately 1.3 million Indian soldiers and auxiliaries would participate in the war and around 74,000 would lose their lives. It was Indian soldiers who stopped the German advance at Ypres. Thousands would die in the trenches of Europe and at Gallipoli. Sadly, their contribution is barely remembered and recognized today even in India.4 Even less remembered are the battles they fought in the Indian Ocean rim.
India in WW I
