As we all know, World War II brought serious disasters to mankind, and the people of many countries were deeply poisoned. For soldiers from all over the world, this war is like a "meat grinder", seriously threatening their lives. Therefore, compared with the Death To Fight to the Death required by Asian countries on soldiers, European and American countries generally put the lives of soldiers first, especially the United States. Soldiers are allowed to surrender when the strength of their own army and the enemy army is too great or when they are facing a situation of running out of ammunition.
However, although the US army has this order, it is unusual in the face of the Japanese army, even if it is fought with bare hands, it will not surrender to death. It is understood that during the Second World War, in order to protect the lives of their own people and captured soldiers, countries jointly formulated a convention, yes, the Geneva Convention. However, this convention has no obvious binding force on the initiators of World War II, especially Japan completely ignores it.
It is reported that Japan's treatment of civilians and prisoners of war during World War II was quite cruel, and it is not difficult to find from some historical materials in our country. Since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the entry of U.S. troops into the war, American soldiers have always maintained the concept of surrendering if they can't fight. As a result, the American soldiers who surrendered to the Japanese army did not receive the imaginary preferential treatment, but fell into a situation where life was worse than death.
It should be known that although the US military will not fight to the end, it has a high degree of execution ability for the words of its superiors, which is also one of the reasons why the US army is strong in combat effectiveness. However, to make the powerful American army feel afraid and force them to fight the Japanese army in the future, you can imagine the cruelty of the Japanese army's treatment of American prisoners.
After the Defeat of the American Army and was captured by the Japanese Army, it was either sent to do live experiments or asked to do coolies, and the conditions such as food were extremely poor. Over time, even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will not live long, which is simply worse than death for the US military. Therefore, when American soldiers and Japanese soldiers engaged in the war later, they preferred to die on the battlefield rather than surrender as prisoners of war. In particular, when the US military treated Japanese prisoners of war, it was also unusual, and it was not uncommon for shootings and tank crushing methods to be used. After that, the United States bombed japan and dropped atomic bombs, which in a sense was also retaliation for Japan.