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Before Japan's surrender, there was a deal with the Soviet Union: exchanging Chinese territory for Japan's most precious things

What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo

I think that people who know a little about history should know that our country was invaded by Japan because of its own weakness, and the Japanese army went around our country with extremely brutal means, causing the people's lives to be affected, and our country suffered huge losses. Let me introduce you in detail.

Before Japan's surrender, there was a deal with the Soviet Union: exchanging Chinese territory for Japan's most precious things

In July 1945, Japan, which had been at a disadvantage in many battles and suffered huge losses, had already guessed the final outcome and direction of this battle, but was still struggling to resist in name, and this idea was also conveyed to its soldiers, but some high-level Japanese officials had already begun to make relevant plans and preparations for the post-war situation.

Before Japan's surrender, there was a deal with the Soviet Union: exchanging Chinese territory for Japan's most precious things

According to relevant sources, the Japanese side sent emissaries to the Soviet Union on July 12, 1945, with a letter of representation to the Soviet Union to discuss with the relevant personnel, which detailed the maximum bottom line that Japan could withstand the surrender, in which the Japanese side said that it could give up all the overseas territories under its jurisdiction and rule, including the occupation of a large number of our territories. If the Soviet side had agreed to the demands of this instrument of representation, they could withdraw all their forces from these territories within a certain period of time.

Before Japan's surrender, there was a deal with the Soviet Union: exchanging Chinese territory for Japan's most precious things

At the same time, the Japanese side also said that it wanted to continue to retain the imperial system, and in order to maintain the status and majesty of the imperial power, the officials who went to negotiate even said that they could abandon the Japanese army that remained in China during the necessary period, and let them go to the Soviet Union to deal with labor and other related matters, hoping to replace material compensation.

Through discussions with the Soviet Union, the United States and other countries, Japan successfully retained the emperor system, and the rulers at that time also retained their positions, and were not held accountable by the rest of the country after the defeat, and did not suffer any losses themselves.

However, behind the retention of his one-man position, tens of thousands of Japanese lives were sacrificed, and in some relevant sources, after Japan announced its surrender in August, the Soviet Union captured a total of 630,000 Japanese soldiers in our country and used them all for labor activities to build various facilities for the country.

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