japanese army officer hideki saito of the 15th infantry Division, he fought in the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Burma Campaign and surrended to the americans in thailand 1945, however he and a number of officers of the 22nd Division refused to return to Japan , and joined the Viet Minh in their struggle for independence (First Indochina War) against the returning French colonial forces.



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japanese infantry advancing under the cover of night (burma 1942)

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japanese army reporter looking at a shot down chinese fighter (shanghai 1937)