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Have you a source for Japan cutting off it's supply of food, I'd not read about that before.
by ironic_ali 8y ago
Have you a source for Japan cutting off it's supply of food, I'd not read about that before.
- tomohawk 8y agoWikipedia talks about it a bit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943 Japan occupied Burma, cutting off supplies. Japan was also sinking British shipping - the whole empire was in extremis. It seems likely that this whole sad episode would have turned out quite differently without the war going on.
- scythe 8y agoSee: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943#Pre-famine_shocks_and_distress http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943#Pre-famin...
- dredmorbius 8y agoMore here as well: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-bengal-famine-of-1943-195073 https://www.thoughtco.com/the-bengal-famine-of-1943-195073