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Post WWII Insurgency (Vanity)

Posted on 08/10/2005 7:53:27 AM PDT by God luvs America

Does anyone have links to stories/articles about Japan "insurgents" shooting or killing American GI's after VJ-Day in 1945?? They were posted a while back yet I cannot find them...thanks and sorry for the intrusion.


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1 posted on 08/10/2005 7:53:28 AM PDT by God luvs America
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To: God luvs America
You may also want to check out the post-WWII German "Werewolf" guerrillas. IIRC, it took 5 years to catch them all.
2 posted on 08/10/2005 7:55:37 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("MON CANARD EST EN FEU!!" -- http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20050620.html)
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To: God luvs America

This is about post Germany but perhaps there is something on Japan as well.


http://www.jessicaswell.com/MT/archives/000872.html

http://www.jessicaswell.com/


3 posted on 08/10/2005 7:57:23 AM PDT by Eagles Talon IV
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To: God luvs America

I wrote to the Library of Congress some time ago about how Hitler supporters continued killing our soldiers at the end of WWII. They didn't have the number of soldiers killed by the insurgency, but on the History Channel both my husband and I thought it numbered in the thousands.

Their favorite method was to string barbed wire across the road which beheaded soldiers as they drove by. Then our soldiers put wooden crosses on the front of jeeps and other methods were employed.


4 posted on 08/10/2005 7:58:49 AM PDT by Peach
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To: Slings and Arrows

Weren't they called Wolverines?


5 posted on 08/10/2005 7:59:56 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: God luvs America

The Discover Channel had a great hour special about 10 months ago on the Post WWII German Insurgency. What I took from it was the following:

1) Reporting on insurgent activity was prohibited, and
2) Both insurgents and those cooperating with insurgents were quickly subject to field court-martial and executed if found guilty.


6 posted on 08/10/2005 8:01:58 AM PDT by elfman2 (This space is intentionally left blank)
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To: elfman2

Thanks to all....I'm also looking for sniper attacks, etc in Japan.


7 posted on 08/10/2005 8:04:16 AM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: Phantom Lord

I thought the Wolverines were the guerrillas in "Red Dawn." :^)

Seriesly, I'm pretty sure they were called Werewolves. I could be wrong, but I'm sure.


8 posted on 08/10/2005 8:05:21 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("MON CANARD EST EN FEU!!" -- http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20050620.html)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Thanks, I needed a new tagline


9 posted on 08/10/2005 8:09:43 AM PDT by elfman2 (Seriously. I could be wrong, but I'm sure.)
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To: Eagles Talon IV

Fascinating.


10 posted on 08/10/2005 8:11:12 AM PDT by Alexander Rubin
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To: elfman2

I'm flattered. May the wily moose never bite your sister's cheese.


11 posted on 08/10/2005 8:19:35 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("MON CANARD EST EN FEU!!" -- http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20050620.html)
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To: Peach

Thousands? Perhaps a couple of dozen at most, and most of these were by criminal gangs. The pro-Iraq war crowd was touting the werewolf insurgency a few years ago but dropped it after it was proved that there was "no there, there." There was no post-war "insurgency" in Germany.


12 posted on 08/10/2005 8:29:49 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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To: Phantom Lord

No it was werewolves and they had virtually no impact after World War II.


13 posted on 08/10/2005 8:31:12 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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To: Austin Willard Wright

You're still around despite being given links way back when that proved you so wrong? LOL


14 posted on 08/10/2005 8:32:04 AM PDT by Peach
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To: God luvs America

I've seen sites quote from an Army document called "Statistical and Accounting Branch of the Office of the Adjutant General's Final Report from 1947" which said that in the six months following the German surrender, June through December 1945, total U.S. Army deaths due to combat were 42 - 32 KIA, 8 died of wounds, 2 missing and presumed dead. I've never seen any documents that support the claims that hundreds or thousands were killed. Given the size of the occupation forces I'm sure that there were probably several hundred non-combat related casualties through training accidents, traffic accidents and the like and that could be where the figure comes from. Supposedly the casualties in Japan were even less.


15 posted on 08/10/2005 8:36:44 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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No it was werewolves and they had virtually no impact after World War II.

Considering that their activities were after the war your statement is correct.

16 posted on 08/10/2005 8:38:46 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (Mesocons for Rice '08)
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To: God luvs America

there are stil japanese hold outs that the find from time to time in south east asia. most recent was a few months ago.


17 posted on 08/10/2005 8:42:04 AM PDT by minus_273
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To: Phantom Lord

werewolves was the name of the insurgency in germany


18 posted on 08/10/2005 8:42:41 AM PDT by minus_273
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To: Austin Willard Wright

yeah? we bombed the nuremberg trials?


19 posted on 08/10/2005 8:43:32 AM PDT by minus_273
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To: Peach
Peach:

I gotta apologize. I'm getting very old and forgetful. Could you kindly give me the link again that proves that more than 100 Americans died during the post-war period at the hands of the German "insurgency?"

Thanks for your patience and sorry to put you to all the trouble yet again. I really look forward to reading the document!!!

Cheers,

AWW

20 posted on 08/10/2005 8:44:37 AM PDT by Austin Willard Wright
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