The Second World War is the largest battle that mankind has experienced so far, this war more than 60 countries around the world have participated, in the Second World War, Japan also carried out a war of aggression against our country, this war made our country suffer heavy losses, our country's casualties in the war reached 35 million, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Japan carried out a brutal and inhumane invasion of China, they burned and looted in China without evil, committed a lot of crimes, of which the Nanjing Massacre is the pain in the hearts of Chinese. Because the Japanese army caused hundreds of thousands of people in Nanjing to be slaughtered, this heavy history makes the Chinese people dare not forget, and after the end of World War II, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and the Japanese soldiers in our country also chose to surrender.
As early as the Sino-Japanese War, China signed the "Maguan Treaty" with Japan because of its defeat, ceded China's Liaodong Peninsula to Japan, and also compensated 200 million taels of silver, such a large amount of compensation made China feel unprecedented pressure, greatly accelerated the process of China's semi-colonization, it is reasonable to say that after Japan's defeat in the war, China should also propose economic compensation to Japan in accordance with international practice, but China gave up compensation In fact, at that time, the People's Republic of China had just been established, and China also needed a lot of funds after the founding of the people's republic, but at this time it gave up Japan's compensation. It took 47 years to know how wise it was.
First of all, Japan actually did not have much money in World War II, Japan itself is an island country, the main reason why he chose to invade our country is the lack of domestic resources, so it will extend the claws to China, after the perennial war, Japan's domestic economy has also suffered a huge blow, military development is also very limited, until the end of the war, Japan's domestic military weapons are also very old, so even if Japan wants to compensate our country, there is no real monetary compensation, The most that is paid to our country is these second-hand weapons that have been worn out, and even if these weapons are given to China, they will not have much effect, and china will not let Japan make compensation, but also let the relations between the two countries ease up a little.
And these harms brought by Japan to our country are not money can be compensated, there are many innocent people in the war family ruined, and their own family yin and yang two separated, these are the crimes committed by Japan, Japan should pay a heavier price, rather than simply compensation can be done, and once the war compensation, it is also the Japanese people who lose money, at that time the people in Japan were also hurt by the war, if they are carrying huge debts, they will certainly not be able to pay it. Faced with Japan's shortage of funds, china also decided not to ask them for this compensation, and at that time, Japan was very touched to hear this major decision, and it was at this time that they first recognized that there was only one China in the world.
When china needed a lot of financial support when it was rebuilt 47 years later, Japan also provided China with 500 million yen of help, and did not need our country to pay interest, and it was also the most borrowed Chinese money at that time, which far exceeded the amount of compensation that China gave up at that time, which was very cost-effective for China, and this money solved the urgent need of our country at that time, so that China's development was very helpful, and it has to be said that it was too wise for our country to make this decision at that time. Moreover, at that time, the United States was on the side of Japan, and china was also willing to give up war reparations, and before that, when Sino-Soviet relations deteriorated, the United States also came forward to help our country.
At that time, China's abandonment of war reparations allowed the countries of the world to see the atmosphere of our country, and then it was willing to cooperate and exchange with China, and now China also has good relations with many countries in the world, and all countries in the world have felt the kindness of Chinese and the generosity of our country, and now China has also become a world power by virtue of its own development, China's comprehensive strength has been greatly improved, and China's interests have been much more cost-effective than the war reparations at that time. Although Japan was able to evade war reparations with the help of the United States at that time, it has always been restricted by the United States.