During the war, the Andaman Islands would be the first to claim independence from the British, only to be captured by the Japanese. While the white people ate with forks, knives, and spoons, the short people used only two sticks. This simplicity of thought was reflected in their methods of torture. Why shackle someone when you could twist their legs and hands until they broke? Why hang someone when you could behead them with an efficient swish of the sword? And why force the locals to part with their produce when you could drown them mid-ocean to end food scarcity?
