Calcutta in World War II walking tour

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Calcutta in World War II walking tour

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Calcutta in World War II walking tour

Kolkata

Most people know that the Second World War was fought in Europe, in the Pacific, in the deserts of North Africa. Far fewer know that it came, quietly ...

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Calcutta in World War II walking tour

The Great Bengal Famine — How wartime policy and colonial indifference produced one of the twentieth century's deadliest famines. The Bombing of Calcutta — The Japanese air raids, their industrial targets, and the experience of ordinary Calcuttans caught in the crossfire. Strikes, Protests, and the Riot That Wasn't — The uprisings the colonial government labelled riots, and the very different story the documents tell. Censorship and the Indian Press — How the government silenced newspapers and what happened to those who tried to get the truth out. The Truth-Tellers — The Indians and Europeans who risked everything to expose what was happening in Bengal. The Complicit — The harder story of collaboration, power, and survival. American Soldiers in Calcutta — The GIs who passed through, built airbases across Bengal, and left accounts that cut through the official version

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