"Blood is calling to blood. Arise! We have no time to loose. Take up your arms. There infront of you is the road our pioneers have built. We shall march along that road. We shall carve our way through the enemy's ranks, or, if God wills, we shall die a martyr's death. And in our last sleep we shall kiss the road which will bring our army to Delhi. The road to Delhi is the road to freedom. Chalo Delhi!(On to Delhi!)"
The Great Escape
Bose escaped from under British surveillance at his house in Calcutta. With the assistance of the Abwehr, he made his way to Peshawar. A trusted friend of Bose suggested a novel disguise for him to assume. Since Bose could not speak one word of Pashto, it would make him an easy target of Pashto speakers working for the British. For this reason, his friend suggested that Bose act deaf and dumb, and let his beard grow to mimic those of the tribesmen.
Once reaching USSR, Bose found the Soviets' response disappointing and he was rapidly passed over to the German Ambassador in Moscow.He had Bose flown on to Berlin in a special courier aircraft at the beginning of April where he was to receive a more favorable hearing.
In Germany
In Germany, he instituted the Special Bureau for India, broadcasting on the German-sponsored Azad Hind Radio. He founded the Free India Centre in Berlin, and created the Indian Legion out of Indian prisoners of war who had previously fought for the British.
The lack of interest shown by Hitler in the cause of Indian independence eventually caused Bose to become disillusioned with Hitler and he decided to leave Nazi Germany in 1943. He traveled by the German submarine U-180 around the Cape of Good Hope to Imperial Japan (via Japanese submarine I-29). Thereafter the Japanese helped him raise his army in Singapore. This was the only civilian transfer across two submarines of two different navies in World War II.