one non-stop journey to Asia . Bose said his farewells to the brass of the German office including Ribbentrop, Keppler and Trott, and left for Rome on Oct 1942. But the flight was delayed, rescheduled , and canceled. Bose lingered in Rome for a month, hoping against hope that it go. At the end of the second week of November , all Italian 
After visiting Czechoslovakia, France, and Belgium, Bose reached Vienna about mid-November. His Chosen Companion in life , Emilie Schenkl , was more than eight months pregnant. She had left Berlin, partly because the couple did not want her to be openly seen in the conclusion , and also because she wanted to give birth near his family, in her native city. Bose returned to Berlin about November 15, and Emilie Schenkl gave birth to Anita Bose on November 29.Early in 1943, Woermann discussed Bose's journey with Ambasador Oshima and plans for a long comlicated sea voyage and a rendezvous between a German and a jkapanese submarine somewhere near the trip of Africa were worked out .Alexander Werth mentions that in a question referred by German Embassy regarding of carrying non-military personals in their ship, Adam Von Trott replied that Subhas Chandra Bose was not a private person but Commander-in-chief of the Indian Liberation army.
A big independence day, as in 1942, was celebrated with more than 600 in attendance. Programs of Azad Hind Radio were pre-recorded. Only Nambiar and presumably Emilie Schenkl and some Foreign Office offials knew of the travel program. In late January, Bose had a scare when he had a bad reaction to one of Dr. Faroqi's glucose injections, but he recovered very soon.
Emilie Schenkl came to Berlin about January 20, to say good bye. Bose left a Bengali letter with her addressed to his Brother Sarat Bose. It was not clear that Bose had an opportunity to see his newly born daughter. Nambiar was left in charge of the Indian operation in Germany. Bose chose Abid Hasan who had worked on the military side , but had all the skills necessary to act as private secretary and assistant. hasan was not told of the voyage in advance. Hasan wrote that he was quite fascinated by the romance of having to travel by the submarine . But the moment he entered the submerine al, romance of it went away.
At dawn , February 8, 1943, Bose and Hasan climbed into German submarine U-180, captured by the Commander Werner Musenberg. The boat had four officers and fifty one sailors , was a bigger sub of the 9D type, and and had special E motor to enable it to go faster. It could travel at eighteen knots on the surface and seven and a half knots under the water. It moved along the British isles. it was likely that British knew Bose's trip but they either could not or did not intercept the submarine.on one occasion , on April 18, 1943, U-180sank the British merchant ship Corbis. on april 24 , they made their connection with the Japanese submarine I-29 in the Indian ocean, east of Madagascar , at approximately 25 degrees south latitude and 60 degrees East longitude. 
(The car used for great escape.)
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