After being hit by two atomic bombs, the invincible Japanese army was like a lost dog, the morale of the remaining Japanese army was low, Japan realized that the trend was gone, and on August 15, 1945, it announced its surrender, and the powerful war machine collapsed at once.
In order to prevent the revival of Japanese militarism and wait for an opportunity to make a comeback, the United States, as an important member of the Allies, was mainly responsible for Japan's post-war management and reconstruction. Due to the huge attrition of successive years of war, Japan has been hollowed out and the people's lives are miserable. After the defeat of the king, Japan was even more promised under the takeover of the United States, and in the face of the barbaric behavior of some soldiers, it could only swallow its anger. But not all Japanese people live in misery, and the differences in each region and identity lead to very different fates.
First, the situation of veterans returning to China is worrying
The once-invincible soldiers returned home in rags with the ashes of their comrades-in-arms, the war was over, they returned to their daily lives, the able-bodied could still do some small business to make a living, and the wounded on the battlefield had no self-reliance and were doomed to live a miserable life. What is even more tragic is that the bombing by the US military has left many soldiers homeless and their loved ones have disappeared.
Some people return home to find that they have been "killed in battle", their wives have remarried, and their relatives have disappeared. At this time, Japan's national strength was depressed, the social order was chaotic, and the repatriated soldiers became a burden. In particular, when the US military first took over Japan, military discipline was loose, and many American soldiers drank heavily and violated discipline, beat the public and harassed Japanese women from time to time. Many became beggars, and soldiers who could not bear the cruelty of life chose to commit suicide in despair.
Second, there is a world of difference between the people and the nobility
It is said that the most victims of war will always be civilians, which is not false at all, the most tragic is the people at the bottom, the houses are bombed in turn, the relatives are killed and injured, the pensions of the families of the dead in the chaotic situation are gone, and countless people are displaced.
At the other end of the ruins, in other areas that were not bombed, although the living conditions were not as good as before, but the overall situation was not greatly affected, because the street shops and other factories were not affected, the shops were open as usual, and the street vendors who were selling goods could still be seen, and they could not see the post-war dilapidated appearance.
Ordinary people are starving to death, and the life of the Japanese nobility seems to be unaffected, still immersed in the glitz of red wine and greenery. The children of these royalty and chaebols have always enjoyed special preferential treatment during the war, but they have threatened and tempted the children of the poor people to "dedicate themselves to the country." In addition to the normal meals, some high-society families after the war had fresh fruit supplies every day, and you must know how luxurious this was for post-war Decadent Japan.
On the one hand, the miserable life of ordinary people, on the other hand, the extravagance and shamelessness of high society, the urgent need to restore national strength while also enduring the humiliation of the occupying forces, Japan will kill itself if it commits many acts of injustice, and finally pay the price for the crimes it has committed.