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File:Sikh soldier with captured Swastika flag.jpg

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Description A Sikh soldier of the 4th Division (the Red Eagles) of the Indian Army, attached to the British Fifth Army in Italy. Holding a captured Hakenkreuz (Hooked Cross) after the surrender of German forces in Italy, May 1945. Behind him, a fascist inscriptions says "VIVA IL DUCE", "Long live the Duce" (i.e. Mussolini).
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An Indian soldier holds a captured German flag after the surrender of German forces in Italy, May 1945.

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