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Keibōdan
The was an organization formed in 1939 immediately prior to World War II as ordered by the (announced January 25 and implemented April 1) in order to protect the people from air raids and fires.警防団令 [''Keibōdan'' Order] (in Japanese) 24 January 1939 They were tasked with acting as a support organization for the police and fire brigade.大日本警防 [The Defense of Great Japan] (in Japanese), April 1940 There was less reason to maintain the ''Keibōdan'' after Japan lost the war, resulting in it being abolished and combined into the fire brigade in 1947. Overview Prior to the establishment of the ''Keibōdan'', a fire fighting force known as existed, predating the current , which had the responsibility of contro ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collaboration With Imperial Japan
Before and during World War II, the Empire of Japan created a number of List of World War II puppet states, puppet states that played a noticeable role in the war by collaborating with Imperial Japan. With promises of "Asia for the Asiatics" cooperating in a Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japan also sponsored or collaborated with parts of nationalist movements in several Asian countries colonised by European empires, the Soviet Union, and the United States. The Japanese recruited volunteers from several occupied regions and also from among Allied prisoners-of-war. Some of the leaders in various Asian and Pacific territories cooperated with Japan as they wanted to gain independence from the European colonial overlords, as seen in Burma and Indonesia. Some other collaborators were already in power of various independent or semi-independent entities, such as Plaek Phibunsongkhram's regime in Thailand, which desired to become a major player in Asian politics but were restrai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seinendan
was a youth organization formed on 9 March 1943 by the Imperial Japanese Army in the occupied Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). The purpose of the ''Seinendan'' organization was ostensibly to educate and train young people so that they could defend their homeland from imperialism. Its real purpose, however, was to prepare the Indonesian youths to assist the Japanese military against the expected Allied invasion of the Indonesian archipelago. The organization was considered paramilitary in nature and under the leadership of the occupation authorities (). The requirements to become a member proved not too strict and soon there were 35,500 youth members aged 14 to 25 years old from all over Java. This number had grown to about 500,000 youths by the time Japan surrendered. See also * Collaboration with Imperial Japan * Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies * ''Keibōdan The was an organization formed in 1939 immediately prior to World War II as ordered by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Japanese Imperial Police, Circa In September 1945
Member may refer to: * Military jury, referred to as "Members" in military jargon * Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set * In object-oriented programming, a member of a class ** Field (computer science), entries in a database ** Member variable, a variable that is associated with a specific object * Limb (anatomy), an appendage of the human or animal body ** Euphemism for penis * Structural component of a truss, connected by nodes * User (computing), a person making use of a computing service, especially on the Internet * Member (geology), a component of a geological formation * Member of parliament * The Members The Members is a British punk rock, punk band that originated in Camberley, Surrey, England. In the UK, they are best known for their single "The Sound of the Suburbs", reaching No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, and in Australia, "Radio" ..., a British punk rock band * Meronymy, a semantic relationship in linguistics * Church mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
