The collapse of British rule in Burma : the civilian evacuation and independence /

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...

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Main Author: Leigh, Michael D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2018]
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