BOSE-2

BOSE (Part two) JAPAN Japan was a sleeping giant under the Emperor. Seeing the emergence of Honkong as an industrial power, they too wanted to industrialize. But they had no raw materials like coal and iron ore During World War- two, they attacked and occupied north China and the Communists under Mao Tse Tung, began guerilla war. For name’s sake, General Chiang Kaishaik also joined the resistance. He came to India and met Congress leader Maulana Azad who promised all help against Japan . This I mention, to show how obnoxious Bose was in the eyes of progressive elements. Japan wanted to open another front in the South, where Ceylon was powerful British naval base. The whole sea in the East was controlled by US and Briton. This was the reason why Japan attacked Pearl Harbour. There was another development. Initially, Russia was a friend of Hitler. In 1942, Hitler attacked Russia without any reason. It is said that Stalin could not believe it and it took one week for him to prepare the counter attack. The US President Rousewelt, British Prime Minister Churchill and Stalin met at Yalta and decided to form a united opposition to Hitler. In the war, Germany and Japan were united. All this shows how foolish it was , for Bose to side with Japan. Bose became the enemy of the world. It is said that he was in a Russian jail, after the end of the world. Bose did not get even warm cloths. It is not clear whether he was given proper food even. Poor man suffered all this by siding with Japan. A rumour was floated that he died in an airplane accident (To continue)