The Collapse of British Rule in Burma

Michael D. Leigh is Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, UK. He is the author of The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma: Analysing the 1942 Colonial Disaster (2014).

1. Introduction
2. Major-General Wood and the Evacuation
3. The Indian Tea Planters Association
4. The Hukawng Valley Route: Travellers' Tales
5. Fort Hertz and the Chaukkan Valley Route: The Case of Sir John Rowland
6. The Bishop Strachan Orphans: A Tragic Case Study
7. Eric T D Lambert: Saviour of Civilian Evacuees and the Chinese Fifth Army
8. The Collection of Accounts of the Evacuation by Burma Oil Company Executives
9. Dinjan, Margherita, Dimapur: Activities in the Indian Frontier Towns
10. Evacuation Camps in India
11. From Evacuation to Independence 1942-48: Political Fallout
12. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index