Japanese Army stragglers and memories of the War in Japan, 1950-1975

Description:

This book charts comprehensively the various discoveries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific of Japanese soldiers still fighting the Second World War many years after it had ended. It explores their return to Japan and their impact on the Japanese people, revealing changing attitudes to war veterans and war casualties' families, as well as the ambivalence of memories of the war.

subjects: Demobilization,  Japan,  Japan. Rikugun,  Nonfiction,  Reference,  Social aspects,  Social aspects of World War, 1939-1945,  Veterans,  World War, 1939-1945,  Japan, history, military,  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945,  Aspect social,  HISTORY,  Military,  World War II,  Armed Forces,  Mobilization,  Weltkrieg,  Soldat,  Spätheimkehrer,  Veteran

Places: Japan,  Pacific Area,  Southeast Asia