soc.history.war.world-war-ii

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> On Sep 6, 5:08 pm, "L2007"
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>> "Cubdriver" < ....@ > wrote in message
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>> > >Rich Rostrom < ...@ > wrote:
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>> >>> There will be no Soviet or British help on the
>> >>> ground. BCE forces would be fully occupied in SE
>> >>> Asia; there was no expectation of Soviet forces
>> >>> landing in Japan.
>>
>> > Certainly the Russians expected that Soviet forces would land in
>> > Japan! As for the Brits, there were indeed to have been British
>> > (Commonwealth) troops in the invasion, albeit uniformed and armed with
>> > American equipment as a logistical convenience.
>>
>> Uniformed? British soldiers in US uniforms? With British insignia?
>
> I don't know about uniforms, but ISTR reading somewhere that a BCE
> corps of three divisions (1 UK, 1 Can, 1 Aus) was indeed being
> contemplated
> as an addition to the US forces slated for the invasion and follow-on
> forces.
> If I remember where I saw that, I'll let you know!

Commonwealth Forces were to take the main Japanese Island. In US uniforms?