Japan's Asian Allies 1941–45 by Philip Jowett & Stephen Walsh

Author:Philip Jowett & Stephen Walsh
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781472836977
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2020-02-17T00:00:00+00:00

Police cadets of the Djawa Polisi move at the double towards a parade ground in Java in 1944 wearing their distinctive light khaki uniform (compare with Plate F3). The majority of Indonesian police appear to have been unarmed, but this elite group of cadets carry ex-KNIL M95 carbines. All rifles were in short supply on Java, and the Japanese handed them out only reluctantly. (Author’s collection)

Few Sumatrans were armed, but the Japanese kept some rifles in store for use in parades and propaganda photographs. In 1944–45, as the war turned decisively against Japan, Sumatran guerrilla units were organized to resist any Allied invasion. Units raised among resident Indians (“Pataks”) also patrolled the coastline, armed with ex-KNIL M95 rifles and transported in buses and motor cars.

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