Kokumin-fuku

The Kokumin-fuku (国民服) (literally: "national uniform") was the European-style men's civil attire introduced in Japan in 1940 during World War II.[1][2]

Kokumin-fuku

Its similarity to a military uniform was one of the reasons for heavy casualties among Japanese civilians when the Soviet army attacked in 1945.[3]

References
  1. 更新日：2010年11月25日. "戦時衣生活簡素化実施要綱". Ndl.go.jp. Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  2. "A crash course in wartime Japanese terminology for foreign demons", Japan Times
  3. 中山隆志 『一九四五年夏 最後の日ソ戦』 中央公論新社〈中公文庫〉、2001年。 (Takashi Nakayama, "Last day of summer 1945 Soviet war", Chuko Bunko , 2001, ISBN 4122038588)
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