After World War II, the country did not accept Japan's surrender and made a special request
After the end of World War II, Japan announced its surrender, and the United States and the victorious powers tried war criminals in Tokyo. At that time, all asian countries were invaded by Japan, and everyone hated the Japanese people incomparably, hoping to punish the Japanese high-level well. However, with the mediation of the United States, most countries put aside their hatred and accepted Japan's surrender. However, Australia resolutely did not allow Japan to surrender, and they fought the Japanese to the last minute.
After the Japanese defeated the Americans at Pearl Harbor in 1942, the Japanese navy swelled rapidly and felt it had the ability to take full control of the Pacific. So they immediately set their sights on Australia, which has a population of only 20 million, and also used aircraft carriers to bomb Australian port cities. The Japanese thought that the Australians were weaker and that a little deterrence would bring the Australians to their knees. Who knows, the Australians are very backbone, in the face of Japanese fascism, they quickly took a counterattack.
In just one month, Australia had prepared an army of 100,000 and organized more than two hundred ships to wage war against the powerful Japanese. At the same time, the Australians were also stationed in Singapore, when 170,000 British armaments were defeated by the Japanese, but the Australian army of only more than 20,000 people vowed to resist to the death, causing huge losses to the Japanese in Singapore. After that, Japan began to dare not underestimate the Australians. Later, on Iwo Jima, American and Australian troops besieged 50,000 Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese surrendered in desperation. As a result, before the American generals could react, the Australians rushed up and executed all the Japanese.
At the end of the war, the Australian army showed more tenacious combat effectiveness, using their maritime superiority to encircle and suppress Japanese positions, while luring Japanese naval ships to attack, and then ambushing them halfway. After Japan's defeat, hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops fell into the hands of the Australians, who did not repatriate them to China, but forced the Japanese army to engage in labor reform activities and let them open pits in the dry Australian desert. Later, the Australians not only did not accept the surrender of the Japanese, but also repeatedly demanded that the Japanese emperor be arrested and that the Japanese emperor must be held accountable. The Japanese Emperor was so frightened that he immediately sought mediation from the Americans and used a large amount of reparations in exchange for Australia's forgiveness.
Conclusion: Although Australia has a small population and military strength, it has a self-reliant national integrity, which is deeply admired by us. At the same time, Australia still did not like Japan very much until now, and they often organized coast guard ships to prevent the Japanese from catching whales. In the western Pacific, the contradictions between the two countries have never diminished, and even so, the Japanese have great respect for Australia. This is the importance of national backbone.