ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on Japanese troops within the bounds of the British Empire at the end of the Second World War who found themselves denied the protection of international law. Their experience had its roots in Allied planning for the end of the war in Europe and was influenced by the experience of British prisoners of war (POWs) under the Japanese during the war. The post-war experience of Japanese troops in South East Asia Command (SEAC) under British control is a little known coda to the end of the war in Asia that should be considered alongside the Japanese treatment of British POWs during the war. The US overcame this bottleneck in the early months of 1946 by making available the mass-produced Liberty ships and landing ships, tank (LSTs) that enabled the rapid removal of Japanese troops and civilians from the Korean peninsula and Chinese mainland.
