mhaze,

I was not admonishing you but merely suggesting
that you read your entire link again and perhaps
try to understand the situation from more than one
side of the coin. Dr Gideon Polya in your link does hold
the British leader responsible for Bengal's state in 1943
and also tells us that Australia was a major supplier
of wheat but that it deliberately by-passed
starving India - which was evidently a starvation based
military strategy to prevent Japanese advance into Bengal.

Shashi Tharoor in his book "Inglorious Empire," claims
that as the famine ravaged through Bengal, Churchill
diverted food rations to Greece and other countries.
He blames Churchill for the deaths in Bengal.

Journalist Madhushree Mukherjee in her book, "Churchill's
Secret War" was sending food to war-stricken Britain and
other countries and denying access to Bengal.

And so it goes.

Each country has their own heroes and villains - To the
British - Churchill was a hero - to the Indian people -
apparently not - depending on which version you
read and how deeply you study the events that happened
and the reasons behind them. Yes there was a war on -
India contributed an army of 2.4 million men to assist
the British war effort in WWII. However India was rewarded
by a British imposed Bengal famine that killed 6-7 million
Indians in the period of 1942-1945 - and that needs to
not be wiped from the history books nor brushed aside -
with the excuse that "there was a war on."

Trying to understand why this happened would help.

Yes Foxy, I'm well aware that there are lots of people who blame Churchill for the famine. And there are lots of people who don't. And there are an even greater number who realise (and stop me if I've mentioned this before) who realise that there was a war on.

But that wasn't the point at issue. The point being disputed was whether Aussie wheat went to India in 1943. I'm happy to discuss other issues with you but if you read the earlier part of this thread you might see that those issues were indeed canvassed and I don't know what more I could say to assist your understanding.

In the meantime, would you mind just pointing out to poor ol' Paul that the numbers do indeed show that some Aussie wheat went to India.

Scomo destroyed our coal industry when it picked a fight with China during the pandemic.
Remember he placed tariffs on China in regards to the origins of COVID, and China cancelled buying coal from Australia?

But Albanese is even worse.
This is how out of touch he is.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/feb/29/anthony-albanese-denounces-lazy-cynicism-of-nationals-in-appeal-to-nsw-coal-country

In an address to the country Labor conference in Singleton on Saturday, the Labor leader will blast the Nationals for engaging in “lazy cynicism” and for selling out regional communities by opposing action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Labor want's to destroy coal.

Federal Nationals have been out since Labor announced it would adopt the mid-century net zero target, claiming that shift would spell the death of agriculture. But a former deputy leader of the NSW Nationals, Niall Blair, said this week the target Labor adopted would provide a great opportunity for the agricultural sector in Australia to diversify and thrive.

'diversify and thrive'

newspeak for - 'You're all stuffed'.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/may/04/in-hunter-where-coal-is-king-a-labor-heartland-seat-faces-a-strong-coalition-challenge

>>On a three-day trip to Hunter in March, Guardian Australia finds a region fretting about its future. Questions about coal’s future or the closure of mines elicits anxiety from some (“We won’t have a population,” warns Dave) and excitement from others; talk of climate change leads to concern about kids’ futures from some, concern about job prospects from others.
“You can throw climate change out the window,” says Lincoln, sipping a schooner of Toohey’s New in the sun outside Singleton’s Imperial Hotel. “This is a mining town. The boys and ladies here, they dig coal. That’s what we do.”<<

https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/bleak-outlook-for-australian-coal-exports-to-china

>>Lead author of the study and energy economist Dr Jorrit Gosens said the modelling shows major coal exporters like Australia would feel the biggest losses from the changes.
"Our findings are clear: Beijing's plans for rapid decarbonisation and energy security signal the end for Australia's current coal export boon," Dr Gosens said.<<

All these incompetent morons do is destroy the country, each side taking turns in a race to the bottom.

Thanks Foxy, fair and balanced as usual. thumbs up.

mhaze, you refer to India, and are careful not to mention "Wheat to Bengal", btw, Bengal was what is present-day Bangladesh, you probably don't know that, so a bit of geography for you. Yes a small amount of Australian wheat was delivered to India, about 2% of their requirements, none of which reached the State of Bengal, which was in famine. SHOW EVIDENCE OF AUSTRALIAN WHEAT BEING EXPORTED TO BENGAL. There was a deliberate policy of the British government to withhold grain supplies to Bengal. Yes, the British reasoning was related to the war, but I hasten to add, would the British have been so callous had it involved the starvation of millions of Anglo-Saxon's, me thinks not.

Thank You Paul.

I think you've covered the topic rather well.

Have you read any of the books - "Inglorious
Empire" or "Churchill's Secret War?

Hi Foxy,

I've read 'Inglorious Empire' and a couple of books on Churchill. One of the most fascinating characters of the 20th century, without a doubt was old Winston. They just don't turn out people like that these days, maybe that's a good thing, history will be the judge of today's lot.