Czechoslovakia and Poland were two Central and East European countries of special interest to SC Bose.
He carefully studied the formation of a Czechoslovakia legion during World War I with British and Russian help to win freedom from Austrian Domination and a Polish legion with Japanese help to throw off the Russian yoke.
He would cite these examples years later - of weaker nations needing the help of stronger ones to win independence - when he formed the Indian National Army during World War II.
Bose's 'The Indian Struggle', his interpretation of the freedom movement from 1920 to 1934, was published by Lowrence and Wishalt in London on 17 January, 1935. The British Government in India lost no time in prescribing and banning its entry into India.
Imprisoned and then home-interned in Kurseong on his return, Bose was not released until March, 1937. While recuperating in Dalhousie, he wrote two major articles on contemporary developments in Europe and East Asia.
His 'Europе Today and Tomorrow' was an incisive, realist analysis of shifting configuration of power in that continent. 'If war comes', he argued, 'It will come as a result of a German challenge to the status quo in Central and Eastern Europe.'
Which country and its ruling country were studied by SC Bose for gaining independence?
