The Indian National Army and Japan

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The฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies฀(ISEAS)฀was฀established฀as฀ an฀autonomous฀organization฀in฀1968.฀It฀is฀a฀regional฀centre฀dedicated฀ to฀ the฀ study฀ of฀ socio-political,฀ security฀ and฀ economic฀ trends฀ and฀ developments฀in฀Southeast฀Asia฀and฀its฀wider฀geostrategic฀and฀economic฀ environment. The฀Institute’s฀research฀programmes฀are฀the฀Regional฀Economic฀ Studies฀(RES,฀including฀ASEAN฀and฀APEC),฀Regional฀Strategic฀and฀ Political฀Studies฀(RSPS),฀and฀Regional฀Social฀and฀Cultural฀Studies฀ (RSCS). ISEAS฀Publishing,฀an฀established฀academic฀press,฀has฀issued฀more฀ than฀2,000฀books฀and฀journals.฀It฀is฀the฀largest฀scholarly฀publisher฀of฀ research฀about฀Southeast฀Asia฀from฀within฀the฀region.฀ISEAS฀Publishing฀ works฀with฀many฀other฀academic฀and฀trade฀publishers฀and฀distributors฀to฀ disseminate฀important฀research฀and฀analyses฀from฀and฀about฀Southeast฀ Asia฀to฀the฀rest฀of฀the฀world. 00฀IndNatPrelims.indd฀฀฀2 4/21/08฀฀฀4:34:50฀PM First฀published฀in฀Singapore฀in฀1971฀by Donald฀Moore฀for Asia฀Pacific฀Press฀Pte฀Ltd 635-637฀East฀Coast฀Road Singapore฀15 First฀reprinted฀in฀Singapore฀in฀2008฀by Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies 30฀Heng฀Mui฀Keng฀Terrace Pasir฀Panjang Singapore฀119614 E-mail:฀publish@iseas.edu.sg Website:฀ All฀rights฀reserved.฀No฀part฀of฀this฀publication฀may฀be฀reproduced,฀stored฀in฀ a฀retrieval฀system,฀or฀transmitted฀in฀any฀form฀or฀by฀any฀means,฀electronic,฀ mechanical,฀photocopying,฀recording฀or฀otherwise,฀without฀the฀prior฀ permission฀of฀the฀Institute฀of฀Southeast฀Asian฀Studies.©฀1971฀Joyce฀Chapman฀Lebra 2008฀First฀Reprint The฀responsibility฀for฀facts฀and฀opinions฀in฀this฀publication฀rests฀exclusively฀ with฀the฀author฀and฀her฀interpretations฀do฀not฀necessarily฀reflect฀the฀views฀or฀ the฀policy฀of฀the฀publisher฀or฀its฀supporters. ISEAS฀Library฀Cataloguing-in-Publication฀Data Lebra-Chapman,฀Joyce, ฀ The฀Indian฀National฀Army฀and฀Japan. ฀ 1.฀ Indian฀National฀Army ฀ 2.฀ World฀War,฀1939–1945—India. ฀ 3.฀ World฀War,฀1939–1945—Japan. ฀ 4.฀ India—Relations—Japan. ฀ 5.฀ Japan—Relations—India. ฀ I.฀ Title. DS442.6฀L452฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ 2008 ISBN฀978-981-230-806-1฀(soft฀cover) ISBN฀978-981-230-807-8฀(PDF) Typeset฀by฀International฀Typesetters฀Pte฀Ltd Printed฀in฀Singapore฀by฀Photoplates฀Private฀Limited 00฀IndNatPrelims.indd฀฀฀4 4/21/08฀฀฀4:34:50฀PM ...