Episode Details

Subhas Chandra Bose was one of India's most popular independence leaders — and he allied with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan to fight the British Empire. He escaped British house arrest, traveled by submarine to Germany, met Hitler, flew to Japanese-occupied Southeast Asia, and raised an Indian National Army from prisoners of war to invade British India. He remains one of the most controversial figures in Indian history — hero to some, traitor to others.

This episode traces Bose from his Bengali childhood through the rivalry with Gandhi, the escape from India, the Axis alliances, and the mysterious plane crash death that conspiracy theorists still dispute.

• Bose's rivalry with Gandhi over the methods of independence — violence versus nonviolence
• The escape from house arrest and the submarine journey to Nazi Germany
• The meeting with Hitler, the flight to Japan, and the Indian National Army raised from POWs
• The invasion of India, the defeat, and the mysterious 1945 plane crash death that some Indians refuse to accept