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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943
Japan occupied Burma, cutting off supplies.
Japan was also sinking British shipping - the whole empire was in extremis. It seems likely that this whole sad episode would have turned out quite differently without the war going on.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_famine_of_1943
Japan occupied Burma, cutting off supplies.
Japan was also sinking British shipping - the whole empire was in extremis. It seems likely that this whole sad episode would have turned out quite differently without the war going on.