by Lt Col Mike Tickner
Thursday 24th July at 8pm
The Savage Wars of Peace: the Bloody Aftermath of VJ Day
The Kohima Educational Trust is delighted to announce a webinar on Thursday 24th July at 8pm with Dr Robert Lyman MBE, who will introduce guest speaker Lt Col Mike Tickner, who will discuss
“The Savage Wars of Peace: the Bloody Aftermath of VJ Day”
The war in the Far East ended abruptly, violently & chaotically following the nuclear bombs at Hiroshima & Nagasaki. While the Imperial Japanese Army had been defeated in Burma & was losing the war in the Pacific, her army in Malaya, Hong Kong, French Indo-China, the Netherlands East Indies, Manchuria & Siam was undefeated.
Many of these countries saw the end of the war as their chance for independence. Gurkha, Indian & British troops became responsible for restoring colonial rule & became locked into open combat.
The Allies’ most pressing task was recovering their prisoners of wars & civilian internees, knowing little about their condition or locations in camps across South East Asia, China & Japan.
Japan’s sudden surrender created a seismic resetting of the political and social order in the Far East as power vacuums were exploited for political gain & rapid decisions were made, with consequences which still reverberate today.
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