Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies

guerrilla armies in Japanese-occupied Manchuria

Dalforce, officially the Singapore Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army (星華義勇軍; Xīnghuá yìyǒngjūn) was an irregular forces/guerrilla unit within the British Straits Settlements Volunteer Force during World War II. Its members were recruited among the ethnic Chinese people of Singapore. It was created on 25 December 1941 by Lieutenant Colonel John Dalley of the Federated Malay States Police Force. The unit was known to the British colonial administration as Dalforce, after its chief instructor and commanding officer, John Dalley, whereas the Chinese in Singapore only knew it as the Sin

military unit

1931–33 anti-Japanese guerilla group

1930s anti-Japanese volunteer army

guerrilla troops in the State of Manchukuo