New Delhi, Nov 26: A feature-length documentary that seeks to unravel unknown stories of courage of Nagaland and Manipur soldiers who took part in World War II is coming soon.
In “Memories of a Forgotten War”, filmmaker Utpal Borpujari touches the human aspect of the battles as he feels many such stories must have remained untold.
Manipur and Nagaland were important frontiers of the war and were collectively called region Burma front. It was in the rough terrain of these states that the Allied Army and its Japanese counterpart fought the decisive battles that stopped the Japanese advance into India.
From India’s point of view, these battles were significant as apart from the fact that thousands of Indian soldiers were part of the Allied Army, the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose-led Indian National Army sought to fight against the British for Indian’s Independence by siding with the Japanese.
