Re. The Bengal Famine of 1943 Bengal famine of 1943 - Wikipedia ----- x ----- BBC Sounds - Three Million - Available Episodes The forgotten story of World War II: the Bengal famine in British India, where at least three million people died, told for the first time by the eyewitnesses to it. Three Million - Introducing Three Million: The Bengal Famine, WWII's Forgotten Story - BBC Sounds ----- x -----
This topic has appeared before. See: http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/has-indias-contribution-to-ww2-been-ignored.57993/#post-910558 Idler in Post 11 linked the official report.
The granddaughter of Sir John Herbert, Governor of Bengal at the time of the famine. Bengal famine: Susannah's grandad ran Bengal as famine killed millions As per Ramiles post above; sombre reading. Jim.
