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Kiwiwriter · 29-12-2006, 05:18 PM

That really happened...the Indonesians, under Sukarno, revolted against the Dutch returning to the East Indies. The British and Dutch did not have enough troops to maintain order, so they kept the Japanese forces under arms and used them against the rebels.

Ironically, some of the rebels had started off supporting the Japanese against the Dutch in the first place. Now they fought with their former patrons. Weird.

Thanks for sharing that story. What an experience! Wow!

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Kiwiwriter Very Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Newark, NJ, and Christchurch, NZ Posts: 2,431	Fascinating stuff... That really happened...the Indonesians, under Sukarno, revolted against the Dutch returning to the East Indies. The British and Dutch did not have enough troops to maintain order, so they kept the Japanese forces under arms and used them against the rebels. Ironically, some of the rebels had started off supporting the Japanese against the Dutch in the first place. Now they fought with their former patrons. Weird. Thanks for sharing that story. What an experience! Wow! __________________ "My intensity is intense." -- Roger Clemens "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." -- Winston Churchill. "I am not a hero. The heroes are all dead. I am a survivor." -- Sgt. William Guarnere, Easy Company, 506th Parachute Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. Check out my little contributions to World War II history at my web pages: World War II Plus 55 or http://davidhlippman.wildbillguarnere.com