Though World War II ended when Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945, most people don’t realise that the battles continued for a year longer. But this was not a fight against Japan. It was to reimpose European colonial rule over Asians using the British controlled Indian army. “When Japan swept through Southeast Asia in 1942, it was a cause for celebration for many local inhabitants,” said Phil Craig, author of the recently released 1945 The Reckoning – War, Empire and the Struggle for a New World. “The Age of European empires had truly come to an end. The Asian powers...