In this world, there is a country that has been punished the most severely in the world's worst, deadly and wounded war — bombed twice by atomic bombs. After the atomic bomb fell, the Japanese army resisted in the last corner, intending to "
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On August 15, 1945, the Emperor of Japan announced Japan's unconditional surrender. But just a few days ago, thousands of citizens died in the war, and many more were affected by the radiation that followed, so that they spent the rest of their lives in pain.
But even so, for a long time, people who had been brainwashed by the propaganda of the Japanese army would not change their minds so quickly. Until the day of the surrender, there were even people who wept over Japan's surrender and secretly vowed that they would take revenge on Britain and the United States when they grew up. The person who wrote these words was just a third-grader. The women who joined the army said that they also wanted to go to the battlefield and do their last loyalty for the emperor, and they felt sad at the thought of their powerlessness. After MacArthur landed in Japan, he also told people around him that the Hearts of Japanese people are like twelve-year-old children, very naïve.
Of course, there are people who are not naïve, but they have also paid a terrible price in this environment that cannot struggle. In the later stages of the Pacific War, Japan's mainland was frequently bombed by the US military, and many people's families were torn apart in this bombardment. A child named Tokusaburo Takeda was killed in the bombing of 1945. He searched day and night, and this search found the day when the Japanese emperor announced his surrender. On that day, he and his wife cried with headaches and cursed the emperor:
"If you surrender early, you can end the war!" Why not do it sooner? My boy, will you pay back?" ”
In addition to these people who were bound by fate, there were also people who stood up by their own will and expressed their opposition to the war.
Masaki Hiroshi is the leader of this. He was also the only lawyer in the wartime who dared to criticize Hideki Tojo and the Emperor. Before the war was over, he was thrown into prison awaiting the death penalty. However, after the emperor surrendered, he was rescued by the Allies and appointed him as a lawyer for the reconstruction of Japan, and he also believed that if the emperor was not held accountable, then Japan would never be able to get its own justice. He believed that when the US army bombed, Japan had the opportunity to surrender, but the emperor made a wrong decision, until Japan was at a terrible price, and then hurriedly agreed to surrender, which in itself is a kind of responsibility and is to be held accountable!
In World War II, Japan's defeat was already doomed when it was defeated from Midway. As early as early 1945, the Emperor, together with Germany, announced his surrender to end the war. But why didn't the Emperor think of surrendering to the Allies until the atomic bomb fell? The reason is that in the eyes of the emperor, the commoner is not worth cherishing, he is waiting, waiting for a suitable time, even if it is surrender, can maximize his interests.
Since 1945, the Axis powers have been defeated by the Allies on the battlefield. Beginning in April, the U.S. army attacked Okinawa, the Soviet Union announced that it would go south to defeat the Japanese army in Manchuria, and the Chinese battlefield, with the cooperation of the communist army and the Nationalist army, began to turn to a frontal counterattack, dividing the Japanese strongholds.
Italy and Germany surrendered one after another, or were breached, leaving only Japan to resist. The top brass of the Japanese army even proposed the final "
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"Schedule. In May, the President of the United States believed that Japan would surrender and that he would not adopt a policy of extermination or slavery against the Japanese, but the Emperor did not make a statement because there was no mention of what would happen to the Emperor. In June, the Emperor specifically called on the people to take action and die for themselves, while secretly intending to ask the Soviet Union to help reconcile with the Allies and surrender conditionally. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union did not agree, and this delay was delayed until July, when the Potsdam Proclamation was released, but after the Japanese study, the emperor thought that the conditions were not clear, so he still insisted on stubborn resistance.
On August 6, 1945, the United States, which could not wait, believed that the emperor had no intention of surrendering, and decided to drop the first atomic bomb in human history against an enemy country. However, Japan still had no intention of surrendering, so the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan on August 9, 1945.
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The fall on Hiroshima and Nagasaki caused a great shock to Japan, and the emperor immediately began to work on surrender.
A few days later, Japan's foreign minister announced that Japan would accept the announcement of surrender, but wanted to guarantee the emperor's life and any rights in Japan. However, after discussion, the Allies rejected the request, causing Japan's opinion to waver. At the same time, the Emperor instructed his ministers to draft a surrender letter, but to show his majesty and helplessness. Seeing the situation, the day before Japan's surrender, the United States specially dropped leaflets into Japanese cities through bombers. It informs the people that the emperor is reluctant to surrender because he still wants to rule Japan and refuses to give up power. This caused an uproar among the people, and there were many voices intending to revolt.
In order to avoid losing power completely, the next morning, the emperor immediately issued a Declaration of Surrender, announcing Japan's unconditional surrender. From this we can see that the so-called surrender of Japan was not a surrender to the atomic bomb, nor was it because of the soviet union, they just hoped, with the acquiescence of the Allies, that the emperor would continue to maintain his power, and as for the troops and people killed and injured in it, that was not counted in any loss, as long as the emperor was alive, what they called "
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Therefore, it can be said that the historical truth of Japan's surrender is not focused on the atomic bomb, nor the Soviet Union, but on a leaflet. It was that so-called "leaflet" that prompted Japan to announce its unconditional surrender.
The deaths of these people are meaningless. As the American scholar said in The Truth:
"The Japanese Cabinet and the Supreme Council for The Guidance of War have never been for the sake of the Japanese people, and their vision of peace is based only on the absolute guarantee of everything that the Emperor has."