On August 8, 1942 the All-India Congress Committee passed the famous Quit India Resolution. Mention the Japanese threat to India's security as one of the main reasons that led to the passing of this Resolution.

Japan posed a serious threat to India.

1. The Congress was greatly perturbed by the developments in South-East Asia.
2. Japanese bombers raided Shanghai and their armies overran the Philippines and Malaya.
3. They occupied Burma (Myanmar) also and then marched towards Assam.
4. The War thus had come to the very border of India.
5. Our great anxiety was - what should be done if India was attacked by Japan? Had Japanese armies attacked they could quickly occupy India without much opposition.
6. There was nothing that Indians could do to resist it.
7. This feeling of helplessness irritated many leaders, and in particular Jawaharlal Nehru. He even advised people to resort to guerilla warfare in the event of a Japanese invasion.
8. Gandhi and other leaders were now convinced that the situation called for complete Independence — immediate and unconditional. Only then could the people realise that the defence of the country was their duty and their alone.