This is a slight exaggeration, there were significant trot groups holding territory in China and Korea during the Japanese invasion. And of course POUM collaborated (though not really trots by that point.)

[–] Vncredleader@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can you give some specifics on the China and Korea thing? Korean liberation forces fought the Japanese in a few battles, but almost always in China, and I can't find anything about a significant Trot group let alone one that held territory

[–] Mardoniush@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ugh, so sorry, I was thinking about the Vietnamese Trots which did iirc take territory off the French.

The Chinese one I found in a translated trove of documents about the KPAM where they mentioned Trots holding several villages in the North West, aided by Soviet Left Opposition emigres. Generally cordial relationship.

[–] Vncredleader@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah Ngo Van and his folks. It seems most of what they did was fight in Saigon and then be forced back, and early they had agitated a lot in villages during the 1930s though got cracked down on hard. They had a significant presence in the late 1930s though not in a military sense, but with strikes.