This is a story of a young girl in Japanese held Java, and the defeated Japanese fighting side by side with British troops againt the Indonesian Communists post war. BBC - WW2 People's War - My Experiences in Japanese Concentration Camps on Java, Indonesia.
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!
Interesting story. Actually the first Dutch troops arriving in Semerang from was surprised to see they were greated by Japanese drivers and even a Japanese Battalion. Colonel D. R. A. van Langen did not like this. So as soon as posible he made an end to it. Tom '+'