Calcutta in World War II Walking Tour

Name: Calcutta in World War II Walking Tour
Start: 2025-01-11T08:00:00+05:30
End: 2025-01-11T10:00:00+05:30
Location: Immersive Trails Private Limited, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Schedule

Sat Jan 11 2025 at 08:00 am to 10:00 am

UTC+05:30

Location

Immersive Trails Private Limited, Kolkata, West Bengal, India | Kolkata, WB

https://www.immersivetrails.com/experience/book/experiences-in-kolkata/calcutta-in-the-second-world-war-walking-tour

The Second World War came to Calcutta slowly but surely in the winter of 1942. Japanese bombers were flying regular scouting missions to destroy Calcutta’s industrial sector in an effort to harm the Allied war effort in the China-Burma-India Theatre. Air-raid sirens were becoming an everyday reality, and finally bombs started to be hurled on the city. War also brought worker strikes, food shortages, heightened surveillance, oppression, and terrible famine. The experience will explore this contested “inbound” space through eyewitness accounts and forgotten tales from a city divided. The walk will be conducted in English.
Walk Leader: Chelsea McGill