VJ Day 2025

[Mike K]

VJ day has been in the news here, the local radio { BBC and ABC } have been widely reporting the event.

MLU member Lang, drove his GMC army ute up to Townsville for the VJ day events.

This morning, the ABC interviewed a author, he has written a book about the political situation in SE Asia during the surrender and he mentioned how the surrendered Japanese troops were widely used to control the uprising of the independence fighters, in Vietnam and Indonesia. The book. 1945: The Reckoning. a fresh perspective on Victory in the Pacific Day with Phil Craig, author of 1945: The Reckoning.

A preview is available online https://www.google.com.au/books/edit...sec=frontcover