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[Flying10uk]

I have heard British veterans state that in their opinion the Japanese soldier wasn't as good at jungle warfare as people often believe.

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[Paul S.]

I have heard British veterans state that in their opinion the Japanese soldier wasn't as good at jungle warfare as people often believe.

I would suspect that those British veterans may have been blokes who served in Burma from 1943 after Orde Wingate took over and after. Wingate worked hard turning the British Army in India into jungle warriors for the Burma campaign.
I had the honour of knowing one old Sapper many years ago who served in India and Burma from '42 till war's end.