evidence: Between December 1942 and February 1943, Rash Behari struggled to hold the INA together.[40] On 15 February 1943, the army itself was put under the command of Lt. Col. M.Z. Kiani.[41] A policy forming body was formed with Lt. Col J.R. Bhonsle (Director of the Military Bureau) in charge and clearly placed under the authority of the IIL. Under Bhonsle served Lt. Col. Shah Nawaz Khan as Chief of General Staff, Major P.K. Sahgal as Military Secretary, Major Habib ur Rahman as commandant of the Officers' Training School and Lt. Col. A.C. Chatterji (later Major A.D. Jahangir) as head of enlightenment and culture.[40][42] [...] At the start of World War II, Bose was placed under house arrest by the Raj.[50] He escaped in disguise and made his way through Afghanistan and Central -Asia. He came first to the Soviet Union and then to Germany, reaching Berlin on 2 April 1941.[19][48] There he -sought to raise an army of Indian soldiers from prisoners of war captured by Germany,[51] forming the Free India Legion and the Azad Hind Radio.[52] The Japanese ambassador, Oshima Hiroshi, kept Tokyo informed of these developments.[53] From the very start of the war, the Japanese intelligence services noted from speaking to captured Indian soldiers that Bose was held in extremely high regard as a nationalist and was considered by Indian soldiers to be the right person to be leading a rebel army.[43]