Indian National Army Secret Service:
During World War II (WWII) various intelligence organisations
had been set up specifically to conduct covert operations which focused on
sabotage, subversion and propaganda activities. A large number of academic
studies on WWII covert operations focused on allied covert operations and not
many had evaluated the strategic effectiveness of Japanese covert operations.
One such Japanese unit was the Fujiwara
Kikan or F. Kikanwhich was formed to
support the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore.
In 1939, Fujiwara was transferred to the military intelligence unit within the Imperial Japanese
Army General Staff,
tasked with planning operations in south and Southeast
Asia. He traveled to Bangkok in 1941, and joined the Japanese Southern
Expeditionary Army Group as Chief of Staff the same year. In 1941 Fujiwara
established the F
Kikan, a Japanese special
operations unit, which was tasked with developing and assisting independence
movements in British
India, Malaya andNetherlands East Indies. In 1943, Fujiwara and his unit were
transferred to the IJA 15th Army. F-Kikan greatly assisted in the
establishment of the Indian National Army.
Fujiwara, Iwaichi (1983). F. Kikan: Japanese Army
Intelligence Operations in Southeast Asia During World War 11. Fujiwara,
Iwaichi (1983). F. Kikan:
Japanese Army Intelligence Operations in Southeast Asia During World War 11.
This edition on 2020 plays
significant role in informing our present generation about the role of INA and
it's various units which operated under very tough conditions against British
Raj in 1940's. As a publisher I have felt that very facts have been written in
our text books and youth of India is not aware of that we once had full army
named AZAD HIND FAUJ. Netaji's contribution is diluted in our history books.
Movies and social media has
aroused new queries among fresh readers who are searching for facts and figures
and here we present them small but important information about INA's Secret
Service Units which were fully functional with support from Japanese
counterparts. Its' a matter of chance that Late Shri Moti Lal Bhargava a
historian had met my father Late Shri S K Bhatia and handed over some important
manuscripts like INA Secret Service; INA Tokyo Cadets; Role of Press In The
Freedom Movement of India etc which were published in 1980's and 1990's and are
now source material for many researchers across the globe.
We have just added brief
biographies in the last without disturbing the main text of this book so that
present reader is able to connect with INA and its functionaries.
The role of our author Shri M L
Bhargava is quite noteworthy to do research in the era when there was no GOOGLE
or internet.
Present
readers should understand that there were 1000's of unsung heroes who died for
the sake of India's Independence working as silent soldiers of INA in various
forms and there were many cheaters too who were just double agents or worked
just for money.
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