WI the European powers unleashed their colonial manpower to a greater extent in WW1?

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I expect that the officering of colonial manpower was the limiting factor rather than the manpower itself.

In regards to the Indian Army, a POD that requires a greatly expanded force one could see more Viceroy's Commissioned Officers or even the King's Commissioned Indian Officer scheme come in a few years earlier.
 
But, but... all Empires are evil and rely on crushing the populace to retain control, surely? *rolls eyes*

It's almost as if the 1.78 million men of the Indian Army were volunteers fighting for an organisation that valued and respected them.
Colonial control was evil and did rely on crushing the populace to maintain control when all was said and done, but it was in WW1 not as fragile as proposed by the above poster.
 
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