Chapter 184
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April 8, 1941
Eastern India, Burma (present-day Myanmar)
The civil unrest in India, which had lasted for ten months, was languishing without achieving significant success.
The initial vigor of the unrest started by Chandra Bose was strong, but it was his misfortune that his opponent was General Claude Auchinleck.
General Auchinleck, who had served in India continuously since World War I, was a man of considerably flexible thinking, and he treated the Indians well, considering the situation of the British Army in India, which had a high proportion of Indian soldiers.
General Auchinleck, who did not treat them with contempt just because they were colonials and had become familiar with them over his long service, was naturally well-regarded by the locals, and he knew how to actively utilize this.
Instead of panicking and reacting emotionally to the initial unrest, Auchinleck cautiously assessed the sentiment of the locals and focused thoroughly on the defense and maintenance of public security in major cities and strongpoints.
And his response bore fruit; the Free India Army's plan to cause chaos in the British Army with simultaneous uprisings in various places and then inflict damage through guerrilla warfare completely failed.