In between the Greenland Expeditions he took part in the Fell run, 130 miles (209.2 km) and 30,000 feet (9,100 m) of climbing, his time of 25 hours was not however a record. Mott, Sean (29 July 2019). "The secret history of Okanagan Lake's Commando Bay". infotel.ca . Retrieved 22 May 2020. However much he suffered in the Malayan jungle, he attributed his survival to the basic rule that "the jungle is neutral". By this description he meant that one should view the surroundings as neither good or bad but neutral. The role of a survivalist is to expect nothing and accept the dangers and bounties of the jungle as of a natural course. Hence, one's steady state of mind was of the utmost importance to ensure that the physical health of body and the will to live were reinforced on a daily basis.

The Korean Liberation Army Operations Corps trains Korean prisoners captured by British troops as needed. Force 136 agents received commando/special forces training from the British Military. The training course lasted for three months and included skills such as stalking, silent killing, demolition, jungle patrolling and survival, wireless operations, espionage, parachuting, interpretation and silent swimming. [6] [1] Harris, Clare. Entry in: A Camera in Tibet: Photographs of Charles Bell and Spencer Chapman (exhibition held in the Atlas Gallery, London, May - July 2000). London: Atlas Ltd Editions, 2000. From 1938, Britain had been supporting the Republic of China against the Japanese, by allowing supplies to reach the Chinese via the Burma Road running through Burma. SOE had various plans regarding China in the early days of the war. Forces were to be sent into China through Burma and a Bush Warfare School under Michael Calvert was established in Burma to train Chinese and Allied personnel in irregular warfare. These plans came to an end with the Japanese conquest of Burma in 1942. In fact, Chapman's feats began long before the Malaya campaign. Born in 1907, he was effectively an orphan from the age of two, his mother having died of blood poisoning and his solicitor father – soon to be killed at Ypres in 1916 – giving him up to an elderly vicar in the Lake District. (In later life Chapman loathed churches, confessing not to be able to hear the sound of bells without his heart sinking.)Early in 1936, he joined a Himalayan climbing expedition. He was not only a keen mountaineer but studied the history of mountaineering, Dr Kellas being amongst his heroes. He enjoyed difficult climbs and met Basil Gould, the Political Officer for Sikkim, Bhutan and Tibet. Gould invited Spencer to be his private secretary on his political mission, from July 1936 to February 1937, to persuade the Panchen Lama to return from China and establish permanent British representation in Lhasa. Spencer struggled to learn Tibetan, learning it well enough to converse. He was involved in cypher work, kept a meteorological log, pressed six hundred plants, dried seeds, and made notes on bird life. He kept a diary of "events" in Lhasa and took many photographs [8] that were sent to India on a weekly basis. He was allowed to wander and did so in an unshepherded way into the middle of Tibet and around the Holy City. Freddie Spencer Chapman was an extraordinary man and led an extraordinary life, although he himself still felt unfulfilled. He exemplified the Spirit of Sedbergh, mental toughness and resilience combined with a clear sense of duty and adventure. He said that the state of mind was of the utmost importance to ensure that the physical health of body and the will to live were reinforced on a daily basis. Burma (now known as Myanmar) was the theatre in which the major Allied effort was made in South East Asia from late 1942 onwards, and Force 136 was heavily involved. Initially, it had to compete with regular formations such as the Chindits and other irregular organisations for suitable personnel, aircraft and other resources. It eventually played a significant part in the liberation of the country by slowly building up a national organisation which was used to great effect in 1945. In 1935, he went to Lapland, and had "an exciting" [ citation needed] expedition on skis with a reindeer called Isaac, which he eventually sold to a butcher.

Silent Partners: SOE's French Indo-China Section, 1943–1945, MARTIN THOMAS, Modern Asian Studies (2000), 34: 943–976 Cambridge University Press Rodriguez, Jeremiah (10 November 2017). "Chinese-Canadian WWII Veterans From Secret Force 136 Honoured in Documentary". HuffPost Canada . Retrieved 16 May 2021. Hussain, Mustapha (2005). The Memoirs of Mustapha Hussain: Malay Nationalism Before UMNO. Kuala Lumpur: Utusan Publications. p.295. Freddie came to Sedbergh when he was 14 years old. He did not excel as he loathed the rigours and routine of school life. Fortunately, the then Headmaster, whom Chapman described as wise and sympathetic, excused Freddie from having to participate in organised sports as long as he did not waste his time. Freddie used the time to explore the surrounds of Sedbergh on foot.The Mission to the Tibetan capital departed from Gangtok (Sikkim) in late July 1936 and left Tibet just over six months later in February 1937. The aim of the Mission was to advise the Regent of Tibet and his Cabinet, to persuade the Panchen Lama to return from China where he had fled, and, if possible, to establish permanent British representation in Lhasa. The mission personnel, under the leadership of Gould, included Hugh Richardson, the British Trade Agent at Gyantse, and Lieutenant Evan Nepean, one of two telegraph operators sent from the Royal Signal Corps. The majority community of Burma were the Bamar. Among the minority peoples of Burma, including Chins, Karens and Kachins, there were a mixture of anti-Bamar, anti-Japanese and pro-British sentiments. [16] In 1942, the pro-Japanese Burma Independence Army raised with Japanese assistance, attempted to disarm Karens in the Irrawaddy River delta region. This created a large-scale civil conflict which turned the Karens firmly against the Japanese. Our Man in Malaya: John Davis (CBE, DSO), SOE Force 136 and Postwar Counter-Insurgency", a book by Margaret Shennan about John Davis, a Force 136 agent and British Liaison Officer to the MPAJA guerrilla forces.

Chapman was educated at Sedbergh School in Yorkshire and then won a Kitchener scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge, to study history and English. It was there that he developed his passion for adventure and, by the end of his university years, had already completed several overseas excursions including a climbing expedition in the Alps and a journey to Iceland to study plant and bird life. This latitude did him good, winning a Kitchener scholarship to St John’s College, Cambridge, in 1926. It was there that he developed his passion for adventure. Whilst at Cambridge University Freddie developed a passion for adventure and was attached as a ski expert and naturalist to the legendary Gino Watkins's 1930-31 British Arctic Air-Route Expedition and a subsequent Greenland Expedition in 1932–33. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders and for three and a half years lived behind Japanese lines in the jungles of Malaya, blowing up trains, bridges and enemy soldiers, training local insurgents, battling malaria and starvation. Lim Bo Seng – A celebrated war hero of Singapore. Escaped from Singapore at the beginning of the Japanese invasion of Malaya and joined SOE in India. Part of Operation Gustavus, inserted into Malaya via Dutch Submarine. Captured by the Kenpeitai and died in prison in 1944. The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea will dispatch a task force of the Liberation Army to the British army under the leadership to cooperate with the United Kingdom and against Imperial Japan.Force 136: Story of a WWII Resistance Fighter", an autobiography by Tan Chong Tee about his experience fighting as Force 136 guerrilla fighter in Malaya. He also shared his experience working with Lim Bo Seng, a celebrated Force 136 agent.