During World War II, Subhas Chandra Bose sought to overthrow the British Raj by leading the Indian National Army alongside the Japanese. In his address at a rally in Singapore and later Burma, he used the phrase “Give me blood and I shall give you freedom” to galvanize Indian expatriates. He argued that non-violence alone would not secure liberty from a powerful colonial empire. This emotive appeal turned the INA into a formidable psychological threat to British morale and played a crucial role in igniting a final, desperate surge for total independence.