August 15, 1945, was destined to be an extraordinary day in Chinese history, when Emperor Hirohito announced his acceptance of the Potsdam Proclamation and unconditional surrender to the Allies, which meant that China's War of Resistance Against Japan was coming to an end, and Japan's illusion of establishing a greater East Asian co-prosperity sphere was in vain.
Although Japan is only a small island country, under the rendering of the imperialist atmosphere, the war potential is very huge, and during World War II, the whole people were in a state of soldiers, including women, children, old and young. It is worth mentioning that Japanese women are considered to be virtuous wives and mothers, but during the war, they completely became "accomplices", because the number of female soldiers in the Japanese army was small, so many women went to work as nurses, and the data showed that the number of female nurses in Japan during World War II was as high as 35,000. On the eve of the surrender, Japan also recruited young women to form the "Himeyuri Unit" and the "Toshishi Women's Unit" to break the net with the Allies.
In addition, many Japanese women encourage their husbands to enlist in the military to invade other countries, and if their husbands do not want to go to war, they will be scolded and despised. During World War II, the total population of Japan was nearly 70 million, but it was able to put together 7 million troops, accounting for one-tenth of the total population, such a high proportion, the contribution of Japanese women is "indispensable". After the men joined the army, the women stayed in the country to build weapons in factories to assist in the operation of the Japanese "war machine".
At the time of Japan's surrender, the number of Japanese troops remaining in China was nearly 3.6 million, including 960,000 in the Kwantung Army, 1.05 million in the Kannai Japanese Army, 390,000 in the Japanese Navy that blocked the Chinese coastline, and 160,000 in Taiwan Province of China. When these soldiers learned that Japan was no longer able to return to heaven, they chose to surrender, but some Japanese troops expressed their unwillingness to return to China, of course, this can not be blamed on them, whether they are willing or not, to return to their hometown in Toyo.
Why didn't the Japanese army want to return home? Just look at how miserable their situation is after returning home. At the beginning, women were disappointed in how much they wanted their men, and most Japanese women would not give a good look to these husbands who surrendered, and many surrendered soldiers could not stand their wives' pointing and "cold violence" and chose to live on the streets. Some soldiers were distorted in their hearts and used crimes to retaliate against society, resulting in the placement of surrendered soldiers becoming a major problem for the Japanese government at that time.
Seeing this, do you think that the Japanese are self-inflicted?