“It is our duty to pay for our liberty with our own blood…. It is blood alone that can pay the price of freedom…. Give me...
“We firmly resolve that Japan would do everything possible to help Indian independence.” ーPrime Minister Hideki Tojo
Subhas Chandra Bose, in exile in Germany, was the only leader that could inspire the Indian National Army for an all-out effort to liberate India.
For Netaji Bose, the war presented a golden opportunity to reach out to Britain’s adversaries, namely Germany and Japan, and seek their assistance to free India.