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  • The Collapse of British Rule in Burma
    Michael D. Leigh
    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 ...
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  • The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma
    Michael D. Leigh
    The string of military defeats during 1942 marked the end of British hegemony in Southeast Asia, finally destroying the myth of British imperial invincibility. The Japanese attack on Burma led to a hurried and often poorly organized evacuation of Indian and European civilians from the country. The evacuation was a public humiliation for the British and marked the end of their r...
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