At the beginning of the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, He Yingqin, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army who was responsible for the surrender, proposed that "at present, when there are 1.09 million Japanese troops in Our country, if Okamura is suddenly listed as a criminal public publication, it may have an impact on the disarmament of weapons," and suggested that Okamura Ninji be pardoned for his war crimes. Chen Cheng, the chief of staff, also asked Chiang Kai-shek to forgive Okamura. As a result, although Okamura was included in the list of war criminals, he was never detained. Until January 1949, the Nanjing Military Tribunal concluded that "the defendant who has not violated the rules of war or other acts of public international law shall be acquitted in accordance with the law, with a view to his or her consent." Ninji Okamura, who has committed many crimes, escaped trial and returned to Japan safely.?? On September 27, 1945, Emperor Hirohito visited MacArthur.
After the two met, Hirohito said, "It's good that the war is over!" MacArthur responded, "God should remember today!" After speaking, MacArthur asked the emperor a very sharp question, and he asked Hirohito, "After the defeat, why didn't you have a belly section?" Hirohito had been prepared for this question, saying: "At the Imperial Council, I felt that opposing the war would not work, so I could only remain silent!"
MacArthur stopped talking and acquiesced to his statement.
In order to develop relations with Japan, a large number of Class B and Class C war criminals in the war of aggression against China were released from the Society. In April 1952, the Authorities in Taipei signed an armistice with Japan, and four months later all 88 remaining Chinese military prisoners sentenced by a Chinese military tribunal were released four months later. This act was commented on by the Council at the time as a "second traitor".
Whether or not to list the Japanese emperor as a war criminal, Chiang Kai-shek said: "In the spirit of benevolence, generosity, and forgiveness, we should establish the foundation for permanent peace between China and Japan, and told US President Roosevelt that Japan's national structure should be decided by the Japanese people themselves. Thus, in the list submitted by China to the Military Tribunal for the Far East at the end of September 1945, the emperor was excluded.
Throughout the war of aggression against China, Japanese fascists committed numerous crimes in China. These crimes of theirs had to be liquidated after the war. Therefore, after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the liquidation of the crimes of the Japanese army became an important task.
War criminals are classified as Class A, Class B and Class C. Grade A is a high-ranking member of the military or government who holds decision-making power. Class B war criminals are primarily military or government officials who order, permit or tolerate ill-treatment of prisoners of war or civilians, who deliberately or recklessly neglect responsibility and fail to prevent atrocities. Class C is the actual execution of the killing or abuse. Class A war criminals are tried by the International Military Tribunal, while Class B and Class C war criminals are referred to national military tribunals for trial on their own.
In September 1945, the Executive Yuan set up a "War Criminals Handling Committee" to investigate and submit a list of Class A war criminals to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. After investigation and investigation and evidence collection by various parties, China submitted a total of 12 Class A war criminals to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East for arrest and trial, and 22 Class A war criminals submitted in the second batch. With the exception of Konoe Fumima, the rest were arrested.
In addition to the 33 Japanese war criminals submitted to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the War Criminals Handling Committee issued a total of 15 lists of war criminals, listing a total of 1575 war criminals. The actual detention of 1,111 war criminals (including 82 listed war criminals, the people sued 1,029 war criminals accepted by military tribunals) and 2,104 suspects. After trial, a total of 167 persons were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, 41 were sentenced to life imprisonment, 110 were sentenced to death, and the rest were acquitted, not prosecuted, inadmissible, non-war criminals or unfinished cases.
The prosecution, trial and sentencing of these war criminals truly demonstrated China's status as a victorious power and severely cracked down on Japanese militarism. Unfortunately, the emperor did not receive the punishment he deserved, resulting in Japan still having the residual poison of militarism, which always threatened regional peace.
Bai Xiude is a famous American journalist who gave interviews on the anti-Japanese battlefield in China. He said in the article that he had interviewed a Chinese officer who, when he mentioned the Chinese soldiers' wanton expropriation of the common people, replied to him: "When the people die, the land is still Chinese; but if the soldiers starve to death, the Japanese will take over the country." ”
From 1937 to 1945, the Nationalist army launched 22 large-scale battles and 1117 battles.
There were 28,931 ordinary battles, 3.2 million officers and men of the Nationalist army died heroically, 206 generals were martyred, 4,321 pilots spilled blood in the sky, 2,468 fighters were shot down, the Nationalist Navy was completely destroyed, and all 104 ships were wiped out.