Author: Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal Publisher: Lancer Publishers LLC ISBN: 193550164X Category : Languages : en Pages : 157
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“It all started on 7 December 1941, when Japan unleashed its surprise attack on a place called Pearl Harbor. To think that something that was happening a thousand miles away would affect the lives of so many people, including me, was unimaginable then. But it did touch my life. In fact it dictated my whole future.” Ramesh Benegal, recipient of the Maha Vir Chakra, was born in Burma and was seventeen when the Japanese captured British-occupied Burma. He tells this extraordinary, first-person story of his career with the Indian National Army in Burma and Japan in the years from 1941 to 1945. A series of chances lead the young Ramesh to enrol for the selection of cadets to be sent to Japan for military training at the initiative of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. We follow his journeys on land, sea and air as the young voice narrates in sharp and often visceral detail the experience of travelling from Burma to Thailand, Singapore and Japan. The years are long and hard and alternate between deprivation and plenty and between disaster and hope—before the turning point of the War changes everything. What opens before us is not only a war memoir but the transformation of a boy as he steeps himself in the cultures of food, behaviour, customs and the ethnic aspirations of the countries he finds himself in.
Author: Joyce Lebra Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ISBN: 9812308067 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 275
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This study traces the origins of the Indian National Army in the imagination of Iwaichi Fujiwara, a young Japanese intelligence officer, and the relationship between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Indian National Army as it evolved under the leadership of Bengali revolutionary, Subhas Chandra Bose. The study is unique in its use of Japanese archival sources for analysis of the relationship between Japanese policy formulation and the Indian independence movement in its military phase.
Author: Jeremy A. Yellen Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 1501735551 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 303
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In The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Jeremy Yellen exposes the history, politics, and intrigue that characterized the era when Japan's "total empire" met the total war of World War II. He illuminates the ways in which the imperial center and its individual colonies understood the concept of the Sphere, offering two sometimes competing, sometimes complementary, and always intertwined visions—one from Japan, the other from Burma and the Philippines. Yellen argues that, from 1940 to 1945, the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere epitomized two concurrent wars for Asia's future: the first was for a new type of empire in Asia, and the second was a political war, waged by nationalist elites in the colonial capitals of Rangoon and Manila. Exploring Japanese visions for international order in the face of an ever-changing geopolitical situation, The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere explores wartime Japan's desire to shape and control its imperial future while its colonies attempted to do the same. At Japan's zenith as an imperial power, the Sphere represented a plan for regional domination; by the end of the war, it had been recast as the epitome of cooperative internationalism. In the end, the Sphere could not survive wartime defeat, and Yellen's lucidly written account reveals much about the desires of Japan as an imperial and colonial power, as well as the ways in which the subdued colonies in Burma and the Philippines jockeyed for agency and a say in the future of the region.
Author: Gorachand GHOSH Publisher: Independently Published ISBN: 9781697954753 Category : Languages : en Pages : 220
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Unique Resource Representing Unknown Facts of Netaji (1943-1945). It reveals Netaji's action and movement in Tokyo and Southeast Asia in the above period. High quality 50 rare photos have evidenced his speeches and parties. FIRST VISIT OF NETAJI TO TOKYO on 11 May 1943. Speech of Netaji in front of the PM TOJO. Surrender of the British army at Singapore in 1942. Welcome of Netaji at Singapore by garlanding white flowers. Military parade at Singapore. Planning of war with Tojo. Monologue of Netaji at Padang Park on 9 July 1943. Let your battle cry be To Delhi... To Delhi. Formation of Provisional Azad Hind Government. Netaji's proclamation. SECOND VISIT OF NETAJI TO TOKYO on 31 October 1943 to participate the Greater East Asia Conference. Stayed in the Imperial Hotel as a Japanese Government Guest. Delivered a speech in the Hotel. Participated in the banquet given by the Minister Shigemitsu. Drinking with Vargas, ambassador of the Philippines., and with Dr. Ba Maw, PM of Burma. Visiting the Japanese Imperial Academy. Meeting with the Governor, Bank of Japan. Participation with the INA cadets at the Koa Do Gakuin. Interview with the INA cadets. Military show observed by Netaji and 3 INA captains. Delivering a speech in front of Indians living in Tokyo. Visit to Andaman and Nicober Islands. Azad Hind Bank creation and some Notes. Netaji with 3 INA Members at the Singapore airport on 31 October 1944. THIRD and FINAL VISIT OF NETAJI to TOKYO. Participated in the speech of new PM Koiso in honour of Netaji's arrival. Drinking at the party. Netaji with other Ministers at the 1st anniversary of the GEAC. Speech in a small gathering. Shigemitsu inaugurated the GEA Conf. at the Hibiya Hall. Lecture at the Tokyo Imperial University (sophisticated persons). Foreign Press interview. Attended the speech of Ohkuma, IJA oresident. A comment of Netaji to Modi and on the Birth anniversary of Netaji in 2017. Speech at Rangoon on 4 February 1945 ( Give me blood and I promise you to give freedom). Inauguration of war memorial. News of Netaji's and Shidei's deaths. Kakitsubo's lecture at the Netaji Research Bureau in 1977. Research about defamation of Netaji's SOUL as the killer Gumnami baba by many Indians without having a single proof of evidence. Lord Mountbatten's visit to war memorial. Nehru Dynasty before 1942. Riots in India 1946-1947. Massacre of 2.4 million people. Gandhi selected Nehru as first PM instead of denying the democratically elected Patel. Nehru Dynasty since independence. Report of Ambedkar. Comment of Natwar Singh. Loot of Azad Hind Bank and Mother India. Unique and wise judgement of 'Tokyo Trials' by RadhaBinod Pal for the WW II. Some suggestions to the Indian Government for the development of Mother India. Message of Netaji to the Indians for developing our Mother India. Declassified files relating to the Ashes of Netaji at the Renkoji Temple. Declassified files relating to Kakitsubo, Kiani and Khan's visa denial by the PM Indira Gandhi in 1976. Photo of the nice statue of Netaji at the Renkoji temple.
Author: Kanailal Basu Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1449055699 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 502
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A book written exclusively on Subhas Chandra Bose - his family, education, political life, and his struggle for Indian freedom. Readers will find it interesting to know his adventurous submarine journey from Germany to South East Asia which is unparallel in the World history. The facts of establishing the Provisional Azad Hind Government recognised by nine sovereign states of the world and also the formation of Indian National Army by him to fight against the British is no less interesting. His mysterious disappearance and the fake story of his death in an air crash still remain unanswered. The Government of India tried thrice in 1956, 1970 and in 1999 to solve the Netaji's mysterious disappearance by setting up committees or commissions but the mystery remains. This is something unique in World history. Shah Nawaz Committee (1956) and Khosla Commission (1970) set up by the Government of India reported that Netaji died in an air crash in Taihoku, Taipei, on August 18, 1945. But Justice Mukherjee Commission (1999) opined that there was no such air crash at all. The chapter 'Unforgettable Past' has added special importance to the book. It is a chronology of events in Netaji's life and activities.
Author: Joyce Lebra Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies ISBN: 9812308091 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 168
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This is a ground-breaking history of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment, part of the Indian National Army led by Bengali revolutionary Subhas Chandra Bose during World War II. The Regiment, a hitherto forgotten part of "the Forgotten Army," was composed largely of teenage volunteers from Malayan rubber estates, girls who had never seen India yet were eager to enlist to liberate India from colonial bondage. Bose, creator of the Regiment, connected a historical thread extending from the original Rani of Jhansi, killed in battle by the British in 1858, through Bengali women revolutionaries of the 1930s, to the Regiment, which he hoped would spearhead the liberation of India. The Rani of Jhansi Regiment provides a model of empowerment relevant for contemporary Indian women.
Author: Publisher: Odyssey Publishing ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 124
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This Book Takes The Reader Back To A Time When 70,000 Young Indians Waged Was Against The British Empire. Fifty Years Later, The Azad Hind Expedition Retraced The Route Taken By The Ina-Driving Through Singapore, Malaysia, Burma And Across The Breadth Of India From Frontier Manipur To The Red Fort At New Delhi, The Final Goal Of The Liberation Army. This Volume Brings The Journey Vividly To Life, Through Its Evocative Text And Superb Photography. Without Dustjacket.
Author: C E Lucas Phillips Publisher: Sapere Books ISBN: 9781800552692 Category : Languages : en Pages : 294
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A clear and compelling account of the brutal battle of Kohima that swung the balance of the Burma Campaign in World War Two. An ideal book for readers of Max Hastings, Anthony Beevor and Jonathan Dimbleby. 'Sieges have been longer but few have been more intense and in none have the defenders deserved greater honour than the garrison of Kohima.' Field Marshal the Viscount Slim 'The valiant defence of Kohima against enormous odds was a fine episode.' Winston Churchill For a fortnight in April 1944 Lieutenant-General Sato threw nearly the whole force of his division towards the Kohima Ridge. Against them stood a tiny force of one thousand five hundred British and Indian troops. How were these Allied forces able to hold back the attack from over ten thousand Japanese soldiers? And what happened over the course of these long and bloody weeks? C. E. Lucas Phillip's book uncovers not only the personal experiences of the men who fought in this battle but also the political, geographical and military position of the Burma campaign, leading up to and following the siege. 'A beau geste story of staggering courage and fortitude - of a scratch force facing and defeating a whole Japanese division in a battle for a narrow strip of mountainous ground barely a mile long. When the Siege of Kohima was raised the gaunt and ragged garrison of 1,500 had suffered 600 casualties... a vivid, thrilling account of a battle that was truly a springboard to victory.' Yorkshire Post 'C. E. Lucas Phillips has a thrilling story to tell, and no one could fail to respond to it.' Punch 'A lucid, exciting account, blow-by-blow, agony by agony; illuminated by shining courage.' Irish Times Springboard to Victory: The Burma Campaign and the Battle for Kohima is a thorough study of one of the most brutal conflicts of the Burma campaign during World War Two. It should be essential reading for anyone interested in history of the war in the Pacific.
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