#Headline Creation Challenge##World War II#In October 1943, a Japanese officer raised a saber at an Australian soldier kneeling on the ground at a Japanese garrison in the South Pacific island nation of New Guinea.
After a while, the soldier was in a different place!
This scene was filmed by the reporters accompanying the Japanese army. In order to boost the morale of the Japanese soldiers, this photograph was printed in the war newspaper.
The Australian soldier, George Leonard, followed his teammates to spy on Japanese intelligence, but was tied up by the island's natives.
After the Japanese army occupied New Guinea, they promoted the slogan of shared prosperity to them and promised to free them from colonization.
This propaganda by the Japanese army was very effective and won the trust of the island's indigenous people. Therefore, when he saw Australian scouts, he took advantage of them to disarm them when they let their guard down.
In order to gain the favor of the Japanese army, these soldiers were sent to the Japanese military camp, and the natives also received materials rewarded by the Japanese army.
In order to obtain information from these soldiers, the Japanese army tried their best to obtain useful information, but finally the angry Japanese army decided to execute them and invite the local natives to watch them live.
When the Japanese army executed George Leonard, the Japanese reporters took pictures and triggered them to various troops, and in the end it became a nightmare for 100,000 Japanese troops!
The photograph was quickly captured by the Allies, which provoked outrage throughout Australia.
With the support of the US army, Australian soldiers launched crazy retaliation against the Japanese army, and they did not want the Japanese prisoners of war, all of them were executed on the spot, and 100,000 Japanese soldiers died under their guns.
In 1945, after Japan announced its surrender, Australia did not accept their surrender, let alone Japanese prisoners of war, and they also demanded that the Japanese emperor be executed.
Although in the end, with the mediation of the United States, Australia gave up holding the Japanese emperor accountable, their hatred of Japan did not lessen.
