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Not sure about Indians supporting Japan but technically both were under the Brits. Without China tying down those forces, Japan would have alot of resources available, even with such superiority, only coastal third of China was successfully invaded, the inland provinces were still impregnable.

Yes. Indians were taking help from the Japanese to fight the British.

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