laitimes

Japan's last army general, killing and wounding 60,000 American troops and killing 260,000 civilians, what happened in the end?

World War II is currently the most ambitious war in human history, during which 61 countries and regions were involved, causing 90 million military and civilian casualties and 5 trillion US dollars in losses, although the fascist countries led by Germany, Italy and Japan once had the upper hand, but they will not be able to withstand the sanctions of justice.

And Ushijima Man was the last army general of the old Japanese Empire, one of the highest-ranking generals of the fascist Japanese army in World War II, and he also witnessed the demise of the Japanese Empire, and frankly, Ushijima Man can be said to be the enemy that makes all the Allies the most headache.

Japan's last army general, killing and wounding 60,000 American troops and killing 260,000 civilians, what happened in the end?

After graduating from the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School in 1908 and serving as the brigade commander of the 36th Brigade of the Sixth Division in 1937, Udo Man participated in the Jinshanwei landing, and conquered Nanjing, Shanghai, and participated in the Nanjing Massacre, and in 1938, NiuDao Man participated in the Battle of Wuhan, and his hands were also stained with the blood of Chinese.

Ujima Man was the most dangerous opponent on the battlefield, he was good at using tactics, and unlike other stubborn Japanese commanders, Itajima Man was more likely to make reasonable arrangements according to changes in the battlefield situation, which also made the Chinese army suffer, in 1939, Ushijima Man was already a lieutenant general in the army, and in 1941 commanded the only Japanese division dedicated to amphibious landings. This is enough to see the importance that the Japanese military attaches to him.

Japan's last army general, killing and wounding 60,000 American troops and killing 260,000 civilians, what happened in the end?

At the same time, Japan in the Pacific theater, but the situation of gradual defeat, in the case of high-level commanders one after another, Ushijima Man began to participate in the Pacific Campaign, and the Americans carefully fought, from 1944 to June 3, 1945, Ushijima Man's 2nd Division 1st Brigade was stationed on Okinawa Island, which can be regarded as the gateway to guard the Japanese mainland, and Ushijima Man is about to usher in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. In August 1944, the U.S. army launched an attack on the island with absolute superiority and fire support.

Japan's last army general, killing and wounding 60,000 American troops and killing 260,000 civilians, what happened in the end?

What surprised the American soldiers was that unlike the previous Japanese combat, they did not feel the fierce counterattack of the beachhead, only sporadic gunfire, you know, in the past battles for the island, the Japanese were like rabbits who fought chicken blood, not afraid of fierce artillery fire still insisted on resisting, some soldiers began to be happy, thinking that the Japanese finally realized their defeat and began to be afraid.

Japan's last army general, killing and wounding 60,000 American troops and killing 260,000 civilians, what happened in the end?

However, things became more and more wrong later, as the American troops went deep into the mountains and forests of the island, they were fiercely attacked, it turned out that Ushijima Man had built a dense fortification behind the jungle, and hoarded a large amount of grain, Ujima Man cleverly withdrew from the defense base along the coast, he understood that the American gunboats were fierce, and he was certainly not an opponent, so he pulled the Americans into the woods with poor vision, so that his air force and artillery lost their advantage.

Japan's last army general, killing and wounding 60,000 American troops and killing 260,000 civilians, what happened in the end?

In the Ryukyu War, the United States paid 60,000 casualties, which was also the most tragic one they had ever fought in the Pacific War, including the commander of the Tenth Army, Buckner, many senior commanders were also killed, in addition, Udo Man faced the Emperor's "Jade Crushing Order", he also carried out a crazy mission, that is, before the US army landed on the island reef, he slaughtered more than 260,000 Ryukyu residents to prevent them from ventilating the news, and its crimes can be described as uncountable, and finally under the superior strength of the Allied forces, Ushijima was like a trapped beast. He chose to commit suicide by caesarean section, ending his sinful life.

Read on