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3. Mixed nature of occupation a. some Japanese desire to aid nationalists, But . . . b. main interest in war & strategy – not the region c. resources & conscript labor - esp. Indonesia & Burma

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3. Mixed nature of occupation a. some Japanese desire to aid nationalists, But . . . b. main interest in war & strategy – not the region c. resources & conscript labor - esp. Indonesia & Burma

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F. Occupation as a Vehicle for Nationalists 1. Indonesia a. Sukarno, Hatta & others given positions

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b. military training for small cadres c. declared independence 8/17/1945 with help of Japanese officers

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2. Burma a. Aung San & the “thirty comrades” b. 12/28/1940 the Burma Independence Army

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c. 8/1944 Anti-Fascist Peoples Freedom League – Aung San & nationalists d. 3/1945 Burma National Army – Aung San & the “30 comrades” aid British re- conquest

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3. Vietnam a. French humiliated but in office b. Change by 1944 1.) formation of Viet Minh 2.) VM-OSS cooperation

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Viet Minh-OSS Cooperation

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4. Philippines a. positive American colonial legacy b. independence scheduled for 1945

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c. Result 1.) Fil-Am soldiers die together defending country (starts at Corregidor Island)

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2.) Active guerrilla campaign

over entire war

(James Carrington’s

group)

(captured

Japanese)

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d. Japanese reaction 1.) broad repression – Kempetai, “Comfort women,” conscription of food, etc.

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2.) reliance on collaborator

government of Jose Laurel

(were they amoral

scoundrels or

nationalists?)