Hi everybody I'm new to this forum, and this is my first post. I hope somebody can help me with some questions I have: - What was the exact...
In September 1940, the Japanese military took advantage of the German occupation of France to occupy French Indochina without a military conflict....
Hello, As part of a personal research project I'm looking into the circumstances of a specific solider's death. He was a Japanese corporal in...
[ATTACH] Where it says 'former camp' there is just a letter and four-number code...any idea how to decode them??
On August 6 1945, the citiy of Hiroshima were destroyed by the first atomic bombs used in warfare. Following are from Wikipedia; At the time of...
Hi, As part of a wider project I need to find out all I can about the 67th IR. They fought primarily in Burma and were part of the 15th...
As part of an ongoing research project I need to find out which Japanese units my great-grandfather's artillery regiment would have faced during...
NewspaperSG, digitised free newspapers from the National Library Board, Singapore includes a publication Shonan Times/ Syonan Shimbun for the...
Hi All I am transcribing into book form my late Uncles army service record and I have hit a brick wall. He was transferred to The Royal Welch...
This may be of use to those researching PoWs in Japanese hands http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-34005331
Like many veterans returning from the war, especially like my grandfather who served in North Africa, Italy and Burma, information after the war...
Hello, I am researching details about a family member Victor Albert Drewett 17/3/1903 - 1960 I have been told that he was a POW in Japan via...
I should have posted this here earlier, but I just wanted people to know that I am going to be part of a panel tomorrow, 4/4, at the AnimeBoston...
I have been looking to see if anyone else was going to remind us that today is VJ Day. I actually went to a small local memorial service this...
Can anyone help me with some clarification here? I seem to have conflicting details for these two RAAF men: A19-67 T5095...
Hello all, For years I knew that my relative was a prisoner of the Japanese, for a long time my research came up empty though after a long search...
History of SOE Political Warfare Section, Force 136 The following document is taken from the Special Operations Executive historical records of...
Forum Member PatWalker has written a book about the above Regiment, whose Batteries (3, 12 & 15) were captured by the Japanese at Singapore and...
Hi I posted this on WW2f but thought it might be of interest here: “We had uneventful train journey to Nagasaki and then we saw the result of...
This link is 377 pages long but don't be deterred as there is an index commencing on page 13 for selection of topics . Quartermaster Corps...
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