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Japan – Embarkation Nominal Roll, British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) 1946-51
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Maker: Commonwealth Government of Australia Department of Defence
With the capitulation of Japan ending the Second World War, the task of occupying the Japanese homeland came to the fore. The main task fell to the United States under General Douglas MacArthur as Sup...AWM412
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Written records - British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF - Japan) and British Commonwealth Forces, Korea (BCFK)
Official Record
Maker: Commonwealth Government of Australia
As planning for the invasion of Japan proceeded in 1945, consideration was given to how a potentially hostile population would be governed. Unlike the situation in Germany, where the demands of multip...AWM114