Suzuki Keiji
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Suzuki Keiji was a Japanese army intelligence officer during the Second World War. Operating primarily in Burma, he helped form the Burma Independence Army and was an advocate for Burmese independence
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Thirty Comrades
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The Thirty Comrades constituted the embryo of the modern Burmese army called the Burma Independence Army which was formed to fight for independence from Britain. This was accomplished just before the
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…assistance from his network of contacts, posing as a reporter named Minami Masuyo. Suzuki worked on Hainan Island for six months in 1941, training the Thirty Comrades in preparation for the Japanese invasion of Burma. In 1941, Japanese Imperial general Headquarters authorised Suzuki to create a Burmese military force…
Members of the BIA pose with raised fists, 1942.