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How did the Soviet Union deal with captives? 400,000 people were sent to bitter cold places, and more than half were frozen to death

It has been 70 years since the victory of the anti-fascist war. But some memories leave an indelible impression on many people.2 China's Nanjing Massacre, the biochemical experiments of Unit 731 in northeast China, the Japanese army can be said to be a bad record in World War II. Later, because of the atomic bombing of the United States, Japan chose to surrender unconditionally. And China also chose to tolerate a lot, not only did not take the opportunity to severely punish Japan, but released a large number of Japanese soldiers to go home. Mercy is relative, and our forgiveness is the integrity of a nation. But it does not mean that the evil can be easily resolved, and the Soviet Union's approach at that time was very ........

How did the Soviet Union deal with captives? 400,000 people were sent to bitter cold places, and more than half were frozen to death

It is well known that Japan surrendered after the atomic bombing of the United States, but in fact the fascist camp had collapsed at that time. It's just that Japan is not willing to fail, so it recruits on a large scale at home. A large number of women and children took to the battlefield, and after seeing the thieves of the Japanese army, the Soviet Union mobilized 1.5 million soldiers to support China. After a brief confrontation, Japan was forced to surrender. A large number of prisoners of war were left behind, some of whom were released by China and returned to China, and some of whom were taken away by the Soviet army that came to support them at that time. There is a saying in the Japanese army that surrender is useless to the Soviet army.

How did the Soviet Union deal with captives? 400,000 people were sent to bitter cold places, and more than half were frozen to death

Indeed, the Soviet Union captured more than 400,000 Japanese troops. More than 80,000 of the original 600,000 Japanese troops were killed, and 200,000 prisoners of war were released by China. The remaining 400,000 people taken away by the Soviet Union became laborers on the Siberian plains. At the beginning of the Soviet Union was undergoing post-war reconstruction, and after a large number of casualties among men in the war, there was a shortage of labor, so these 400,000 Japanese troops became the "treasure" of the Soviet Union at that time, but the treatment was very different.

How did the Soviet Union deal with captives? 400,000 people were sent to bitter cold places, and more than half were frozen to death

At that time, among the Japanese prisoners, there were many female soldiers because of the final struggle. The Soviets not only required Japanese female soldiers to work during the day, but also to dress up and perform songs and dances at night. In Siberia, where it was freezing cold, more than 60,000 captives were frozen to death in one winter. More often than not willing to be humiliated, the Japanese soldiers committed suicide, and by the time the Soviets agreed to release the prisoners of war, fewer than 200,000 of the 400,000 captives remained. The specific details may as well be left to the Japanese veterans, 70 years later today from the Siberian plains, the Japanese veterans who mentioned the encounters of that year are trembling with fear. There is no right or wrong in war, but tyranny is absolutely wrong.

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