Book, Allen & Unwin, The forgotten force : the Australian military contribution to the occupation of Japan, 1945-1952, 1998

Physical description

Index, ill, maps, p.304.

Publication type

non-fiction

Summary

Tells the story of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) whose tasks included to dismantle and destroy the means by which the Japanese waged war; they also conducted patrols to reduce smuggling and illegal immigration, oversaw elections, and supervised repatriation of foreign nationals.

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