Long Trek to India and Freedom
Daring Escape by Three Indian Army Officers from Japanese POW Camp During Ww2
By (author) Jasbir Singh
Publication date:
01 March 2015Length of book:
148 pagesPublisher
VIJ BooksISBN-13: 9789384464202
This is the little known story of a daring escape, by three young officers of Indian Army (IA), from a Japanese World War II Prisoner of War (POW) Camp, and their torturous trek to India and freedom. The trio escaped from POW Camp in Singapore in May 1942 and made their way through Malaya (now Malaysia), Thailand and Burma (now Myanmar), to reach India. In Burma they split into two groups. Balbir & Parab moved north through Myitkyina and enemy-held territories, before they contacted an allied patrol in the heavily jungled, hill tracts of upper Burma.