In February 1946, the Australians of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) moved into western Japan to "demilitarize and democratize" the atom-bombed backwater of Hiroshima Prefecture. For over six years, up to 20,000 Australian servicemen, including their wives and children, participated in an historic experiment in nation-rebuilding dominated by the United States and the occupation's supreme commander, General MacArthur. It...
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