Clever Chinese are clever!

[**The following takes place in Southeast Asia following the surrender of Japanese forces at the end of World War II.**] >Suddenly the streets were jammed with cars again, cars that had been scarce for so many years. Friedemann told me about how clever the Chinese had been: They took their vehicles apart when the Japanese conquered Singapore and distributed the parts among their kinfolks, waiting for this very moment to resurrect them. ______________________ **Source:** Giese, Otto, and James E. Wise. “Surrender and Survival.” *Shooting the War: The Memoir and Photographs of a U-Boat Officer in World War II*. Naval Institute, 2003. 243. Print. ___________________________ **If you enjoy this type of content, please consider donating to my [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/HistoryLockeBox)!**