[ARC5] Disposition of surplus aircraft, Europe WWII

[sbjohnston at aol.com]

Hue and other military history enthusiasts - another question on the end of WWII:

Are you familiar with any books that cover the immediate post-WWII disarming and return of Japanese forces to Japan?  
For many years I've been on the lookout for books on this subject but have turned up empty.  A few general histories mention landings and port entries made by US forces on the coast of China and Korea immediately at the end of the war.  I remember seeing a map somewhere with arrows showing these movements. This was in the context of offsetting the Soviet Union's moves into Korea, Manchuria, and North China).  
I imagine the rounding-up of bypassed Japanese forces on Pacific islands is also an interesting story.   I suspect similar stories played out in Burma and Indochina, as well as Borneo, Java etc (perhaps with Allied forces) but I don't recall ever seeing a book covering any of this important work.  

I've noted a few oblique references to this quick takeover of Japanese-occupied areas in books on other topics (internment camp experiences, POW camp accounts, lead-up to the Korean war, etc).   And I remember reading somewhere that in Singapore and/or Hong Kong the British used Japanese soldiers as police after the war (until they were shipped back to Japan).
Any suggestions for books on this subject?



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Many thanks to all those who posted on this subject. I will have to revise my understanding. I think in Europe destruction of aircraft and equipment was ( maybe ) 
the exception, and early on, after the war. In the Pacific theater, of course on the islands the idea was to get rid of stuff, get stuff out of the way, quickly. Then in
Japan itself, there was the not unreasonable consideration that hardcore recalcitrant types might try something with armament that remained. 
One interesting thing, i think, and not well documented, as i have seen anyway, is the use by China of leftover Japanese warplanes. Of course the spare parts 
situation was very limited with nothing new coming from Japan.

If you perchance remember a book title or author of some lit that describes such incidents, i would sure appreciate you telling me same.  
-Hue Miller 



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