The Collapse of British Rule in Burma

In May 1942 colonial Burma was in a state of military, economic and constitutional collapse. Japanese forces controlled almost the whole country and thousands of evacuees were trapped in a huge area of no-man''s-land in the north. They made their way to India through the so-called ''jungles of death'', attempting to trek out of Burma amidst perilous conditions. Drawing on diverse and previously un...