Description: Further DetailsTitle: Japan's Asian Allies 1941–45Condition: NewEAN: 9781472836960ISBN: 9781472836960Publisher: Osprey PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 06/25/2020Item Height: 248mmItem Length: 184mmItem Weight: 166gAuthor: Philip JowettIllustrator: Stephen WalshContributor: Stephen Walsh (Illustrated by)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1472836960Description: During the Japanese occupation of large parts of Asia and the Pacific in 1941–45, Japan raised significant numbers of troops to fight alongside them, as well as militias to guard their conquests. The total number of these soldiers is estimated at no fewer than 600,000 men. These ranged from the regular troops of Manchukuo (200,000 men), Nanking China (250,000), Thailand, and recruits from the 'puppet' Burmese Independence Army (30,000) and Indian National Army (40,000), to constabularies and spear-wielding militias in the Philippines (15,000), Borneo, Indonesia and New Guinea.Many of the recruits from former European colonies hoped for independence as part of the 'Greater East-Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere' proclaimed by Japanese propaganda, but Japan's intentions were entirely cynical. They formed alliances to deny the Allied powers access to territory that they could not actually occupy, and raised these large numbers of auxiliary troops to relieve the manpower burden of occupation, or simply as 'cannon-fodder'.This extensively researched study examines each of these armies and militias in detail, exploring their history and deployment during World War II, and revealing the intricacies of their arms and equipment with stunning full-colour artwork and previously unpublished contemporary photographs.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBBook Series: Men-at-ArmsGenre: HistoryTopic: Military History, Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Japan's Asian Allies 1941–45
Title: Japan's Asian Allies 1941–45
EAN: 9781472836960
ISBN: 9781472836960
Release Date: 06/25/2020
Release Year: 2020
Contributor: Stephen Walsh (Illustrated by)
ISBN-10: 1472836960
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Series: Men-at-Arms
Book Title: Japan's Asian Allies 1941-45
Number of Pages: 48 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Topic: Military / World War II, Asia / General, World
Item Height: 0.1 in
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes, Walsh, Stephen
Genre: History
Item Weight: 5.9 Oz
Item Length: 6.3 in
Author: Philip Jowett
Book Series: Men-At-Arms Ser.
Item Width: 7.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
