About the Book: 3000 Miles To Freedom
"On the night of February 15, 1942, the second most stunning event of the
Second World War took place; an event that was second only to the Pearl Harbour
bombing for its shock effect.
Singapore fell to the Japanese."
Captured after the fall of Singapore in 1942, Capt. M.M. "Mark" Pillai, a
decorated officer of the Bombay Sappers, confronted a truth few could endure:
the greatest danger of captivity was not barbed wire or starvation, but the slow
erosion of hope.
Driven by the conviction that a prisoners highest duty was to escape,