i got a chance to talk to my grandpa before he pass away
this is decade ago..
i just share some story, he tell me and what it is like to live under Japanese occupied Laos
the Japanese align themselves with Nazi German and Italy
while, my grandpa didn't see much Nazi or Italy folks in laos
there were a lot of japanese
they were forced to grow opium and food for the japanese
the hmong folks didn't have alot of weapon and didn't want to fight
but they know what is going on
everything was done in secretly,
because some of the hmong village has align themselves with the japanese
my grandpa and majority of the hmong folks align themselve with the french who has been ruling them for years
even though he didn't like the french, he also didn't like the japanese
he say the japanese were more meaner than the french
it was hard to do stuff in the village because some hmong folks have join the japanese
so they have to hide the french soldier in caves in the jungle and bring them food and ammo