In World War II, Japan was dissatisfied with the United States' sanctions such as its "oil embargo" and decided to retaliate against the United States. Perhaps this was the most wrong decision in Japanese history, and it was precisely because it angered the United States that it forced its imperial career to end. But in the course of its war with the United States, Japan provoked a country even more terrible than the United States, and overnight its 200,000 troops died at the hands of the enemy, and this country was Australia. During World War II, although the targets of Japanese occupation were mainly concentrated in the entire Asia-Pacific region, there was little news of the war between Japan and Australia. So why did the two countries have such a great hatred?
In 1941, just 75 minutes before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese sent an additional 30,000 troops to launch a strong attack on the Malay Peninsula, which was 8,000 kilometers away. Due to the strong firepower of the Japanese army, the British Air Force was soon captured, and the Japanese army after seizing the air supremacy had no intention of giving up and continued to move south to attack Singapore. Although the British, Indian, and Australian armies desperately resisted, they could not escape the iron hooves of the Japanese army in the end. After just over two months, 134,000 British, Indian and Australian troops surrendered to the Japanese, including 15,000 prisoners of war who were Australian soldiers. According to international practice, the victorious powers were not allowed to kill prisoners of war, but the Japanese army still used its usual cruel methods to kill more than 30% of Australian soldiers.
In 1942, the Japanese flew nearly 200 more fighters over the Australian island of Darwin, and more than 200 innocent people were killed, which was also the first time that Australia was attacked by the Japanese army. After several unsuccessful pleas for help from Britain, Australia decided to unite with the United States in fighting against Japan. The two armies decided to launch a strong attack on the Japanese in New Guinea, and in order to hold the island, the Japanese army immediately sent an additional 200,000 troops into New Guinea, but in the end it was unable to hold it, and it was defeated by the strong attack of the United States and Australia.
After the end of the war, the 200,000 Japanese troops naturally fell into Australian hands and immediately became Australian prisoners of war. Thinking of the black hands of the Japanese army on their soldiers, the Australian military also launched retaliation, and the means were extremely cruel, allowing them to kill each other, and in the end, only more than 10,000 people survived, which should be the most tragic war in Japanese history. Among them, more than 140 officers were executed, more than the United States. Not only that, but after Japan's surrender, Australia also strongly demanded that Emperor Hirohito of Japan be listed as a Class A war criminal, insisting that he be executed. However, in the end, under the mediation of the United States, Emperor Hirohito was spared. It can be seen how deep Australia's hatred for Japan is!