Nemam Natesan

  The great escape Background In the 18th century Burmese rulers maintained their traditional influence in the western areas of Assam, Manipur and Arakan for their trade. Pressing them, however, was the British East India Company with     its expansion policy eastwards over the same territory. Over the next sixty years, diplomacy, raids, treaties and compromises, known collectively as the Anglo-Burmese Wars, continued. With the fall of Mandalay, all of Burma came under British rule on 1 January 1886. Burma's annexation ushered in a new period of economic growth. The economic nature of society also changed dramatically. The British began exploiting the rich soil of the land around the Irrawaddy delta and cleared away the dense mangrove forests. Rice, which was in high demand in Europe, especially after the building of the Suez Canal in 1869, was the main export. To increase the production of rice, many Burmese migrated from the northern heartland to the delta, shifti...

                                                         The Burma Campaign of Natesan The Burma Campaign of the allied Forces against the marauding Japanese Imperial Armed Forces during the Second World War is a must read for all Military leaders! I will narrate the brief misadventure of Natesan in the jingles of Burma (Myanmar) and his great escape back to his motherland. Those who are aware of the background of    the war may skip the next paragraph.   For those who are interested in more details, these are available in public domain in World Wide Web. On 1 September 1939, France and the United Kingdom declared war on Germany on its invasion of Poland. From late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe, and formed the Axis alli...