 One viewpoint sees it as a collaborationist unit of the Third Reich; the other views it as the realisation of a liberation army to fight against the British Raj.Unlike the Indian National Army, conceived with the same doctrine, it has found little exposure since the end of the war even in independent India.This is because it was far removed from India, unlike Burma, and because the Legion was so much smaller than the INA and was not engaged in its originally conceived role.