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December 28th, 2005   Post 261
Reiben
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Quite a few asians where captured on d day, from different countries. I think the oones the question relates to are the ones that where sent back to their own country.
 
December 28th, 2005   Post 262
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It was some Koreans that were captured by the Japs,then the Russ,then the Germ, then by the allies on D-Day
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December 29th, 2005   Post 263
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so whos right now?

am lost
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December 29th, 2005   Post 264
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I Know I know I know I know I know........ Bhutanese!!!!

Dean.

Oh... never mind.
 
December 29th, 2005   Post 265
MightyMacbeth
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what? I thionk they were Korean as the Japs did tend to recruit them, but some1 already mentioned that..

what about SE countries?
 
December 29th, 2005   Post 266
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Guys, I was being stupid. I have no idea, and this is one of those things I've never heard of. Wait until Damien435 comes back online, and he should be able to point us all in the right direction.

Edit time again. I found it, and I think that TomTom22 might be right. Here's what I found:

That is correct, except that the number of Koreans captured on D-Day was a lot more than two. I saw a photo showing at least 20, if not more, and also film showing captured Koreans.
The Koreans had been conscripts in the Japanese Army, Korea being at that time a colony of Japan. There were many hundreds of thousands of Koreans in the Japanese Army during the war.
These particular Koreans had been among the many hundreds of prisoners taken by the Red Army during the fighting at Nomonhan on the Manchukuo-Mongolian border, in August-September 1939. After an armistice was signed on 15 September, most of the Japanese prisoners were returned, but it appears that the Red Army retained Koreans on the basis that they were not Japanese but "unwilling colonial conscripts" who should be given their freedom, and permitted to "volunteer" for service in the Red Army.
When Red Army formations were transferred west in 1941, the Koreans went with them, and were captured by the Germans, among the millions of Red Army men taken prisoner in that year. Like most POWs of non-Russian ethnicity, they were allowed to enlist in the various auxiliary formations recruited by the Wehrmacht from among the captured Soviet soldiers. So far as I know, there was no separate Korean formation; the Koreans formed part of a larger unit consisting of other Soviet minority groups.
In 1943, most of the auxiliary formations of Soviet origin were transferred from the Eastern Front to the West, where they fought in France and Italy. The particular auxiliary formation to which the Koreans belonged was assigned to the garrison of the coastal defences in Normandy, which is how they came to be captured on D-Day.

Now I am not the person who posted this question,so we have to wait for Damien to come back to tell us whoever is right. Do not take this as confirmation to post a new question.

Dean.

Last edited by Dean; December 29th, 2005 at 02:23.
 
December 29th, 2005   Post 267
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tomtom22 is correct with Korea.

Among the first Germans captured at Normandy were several Koreans. They had been forced to fight for the Japanese Army until they were captured by the Russians and forced to fight for the Russian Army until they were captured by the Germans and forced to fight for the German Army until they were captured by the US Army.
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December 30th, 2005   Post 268
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What was the first foreign ground combat unit to enter Japan at the end of the war for occupation duty.
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December 30th, 2005   Post 269
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By foreign, do you mean American or other Allied?

There was an advance party of the 8th Army that arrived at Tokyo's Atsugi Airport on August 28, 1945. AFAIK, they were the first Americans. On the 30th, the 4th Marine Regiment of the 6th Marine Division landed at Yokosuka while at the same time, the bulk of the 8th Army began to land at Atsugi.
On February 30, 1946, The British Commonwealth Occupation Force landed advance parties at Kure and passed into the control of Eighth Army.

A shot in the dark, but relatively well aimed....

Dean.

Last edited by Dean; December 30th, 2005 at 05:45.
 
December 30th, 2005   Post 270
tomtom22
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Nope.
By foreign I meant NOT Japanese.

Last edited by tomtom22; December 31st, 2005 at 20:11.