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Author Wood, James, 1937-

Title The forgotten force : the Australian military contribution to the occupation of Japan, 1945-1952 / James Wood
Published St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 1998

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 W'PONDS  327.94052 Woo/Fft  AVAILABLE
Description xvii, 304 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
Series Army military history series. Issues
Army military history series. Issues.
Contents World War II: the legacies -- Australian participation in the occupation force -- 'This abomination of desolation' -- Getting on with the job -- The representative of the British Commonwealth of Nations -- Rest and recreation -- The BCOF: time for reappraisal -- From occupying power to protective power -- A place at the peace table -- An assessment -- Appendices: A. Matters of recognition -- B. Commonwealth War Cemetery, Yokohama
Summary Tells the story of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) whose tasks included to dismantle and destroy the means by which the Japanese waged war; they also conducted patrols to reduce smuggling and illegal immigration, oversaw elections, and supervised repatriation of foreign nationals
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 283-297
Subject Australia. Australian Army -- History.
War crime trials -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Darwin
SUBJECT Australia -- Armed Forces http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004658 -- Japan http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78089021 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Australia -- Foreign relations -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009590
Australia -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009588 -- 1945-1965
Hiroshima-ken (Japan) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81047443 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069508
LC no. 98212757
ISBN 1864487011