Volunteer Fighting Corps
Volunteer Fighting Corps (国民義勇戦闘隊, Kokumin Giyū Sentōtai) were armed civil defense units planned in 1945 in the Empire of Japan as a last desperate measure to defend the Japanese home islands against the projected Allied invasion during Operation Downfall (Ketsugo Sakusen) in the final stages of World War II.
| Volunteer Fighting Corps | |
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Female students receive training in firearm handling | |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Disbanded | 1945 |
| Country | Japan |
| Type | Militia, Civil Defence |
They were the Japanese equivalent of the German Volkssturm and British Home Guard. Its commander-in-chief was former Prime Minister General Kuniaki Koiso.
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