How India Saved the British Empire

This video uncovers for forgotten importance of India in the First World War. Using objects from the Imperial War Museum collection we explain how India helped save the British Empire. 0:00 How India saved Britain 1:22 Pre-war Indian Army 3:15 Why did men enlist? 4:44 Early deployments 5:26 Turkish raid on the Suez Canal 6:20 The Gallipoli and Mesopotamia Campaigns 7:52 The Western Front 8:50 Recruitment changes 10:08 The home front 10:52 The Palestine Campaign 11:53 Heroism 13:37 How WW1 changed India Explore and licence the film clips used in this video: https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/collections/_MaoVkLAr Follow IWM on social media: x.com/I_W_M instagram.com/imperialwarmuseums facebook.com/iwm.london tiktok.com/@imperialwarmuseums