Background and Unit History:
The Isiu Island is located in the Northern Kurile chain which is, to this day, still disputed territory between Japan and Russia.
Natives of the island exhibit physical attributes commonly found in the Eastern Russo-Mongol people as well as the Japanese, which explains their unusual size.
Many historical accounts have been written by American Soldiers during the Aleutian Island campaigns, giving mention to the enemy infantry units occupying the northern islands.
The average reported physical size of an Isiu Islander was far larger than any typical Japanese soldier, baffling the American troops.
The Japanese, on the other hand, saw their Isiu neighbors as a possible threat on account of their disputed position with the then-Soviet Union, sworn enemy of the Empire.
As a multi-purpose solution to this dilemma, the islanders were conscripted into fighting for the Imperial Japanese Army, creating both a military barrier against the Northern Allied Forces, along with keeping the islanders themselves out of the core of the Empire, lest they be used as a way to gain an allied foothold into Tokyo.
Our unit, the Isiu Island Provisional Infantry, is a fictional one, representing the conscripted soldiers of the northern islands.
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