Pembela Tanah Air

PETA or Kyōdo Bōei Giyūgun was an Indonesian volunteer army established on 3 October 1943 in Indonesia by the occupying Japanese. The Japanese intended PETA to assist their forces... Wikipedia

• Active:  3 October 1943 – 15 August 1945
• Country:  Indonesia
• Allegiance:  Imperial Japanese Army
• Type:  Infantry
• Role:  Defending Indonesia from Allied Invasion
• Size:  66 Battalions in Java, 3 Battalions in Bali, and approx. 20,000 men in Sumatra
• Nickname(s):  PETA
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo