Subhas suggested that a free Indian government be established in Berlin, and much to the surprise of Woermann spoke about sending 100,000 German troops to invade and free India.41 It became evident to Woermann that Subhas’s aims and Germany’s priorities were incompatible. Subhas believed that Germany wanted to destroy the British Empire. He was possibly unaware that Hitler’s priorities did not include the British Empire at this point of time. He was occupied full time with the planning of Operation Barbarossa—the invasion of the Soviet Union. A quick victory in Russia, Hitler believed, would
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Germany had other priorities than india when asked for help for india
