Preface:
In 1945, World War II had entered the second half, Germany had surrendered to the anti-fascist coalition, and the European theater ended, so the spearhead was inevitably pointed at Japan.
However, Japan was still struggling to resist under the prevalence of militarism, and then the United States gave Japan the first blow with two atomic bombs, which caused chaos in Japan at that time.
On the other hand, Japan's aggression in China has also reached a weak level, and Japan, which has been defeated, has begun to slack off in its expansion abroad, especially since the Soviet Union also sent 1.5 million troops to help the mainland fight Japan.
At this time, Japan also realized that its hopes of victory were slim, but it still persevered and even wanted to make a desperate bet. At this time, the Soviet Union's troop dispatch also caught Japan by surprise, and it immediately prepared to surrender.
One of the obvious phenomena during this period was that the Soviet Union had a great advantage, while Japan was like a rat crossing the street, and it would be caught as soon as it appeared. It didn't take long for nearly 700,000 Kwantung troops to be captured by Soviet troops.
Although Japan is still "young and vigorous", it was frightened in the face of Soviet female nurses, and even some Japanese soldiers returned to the motherland after that: they are not even afraid of the army, only those nurses!
What exactly did Soviet female nurses do to these Japanese prisoners of war at that time, so that they remember it so well?
Life as a captive during World War II
For the victorious countries in the war, the role of prisoners is a necessary existence, which may be the greatest advantage of the victorious countries, and some countries will even make extremely unequal transactions in exchange for prisoners.
And this also depends on the attitude of the country towards prisoners, when it comes to the countries that treat prisoners the most cruelly, we have to mention fascist Germany, they even set up concentration camps to torture prisoners.
The nightmare of concentration camps is still in people's minds, and all unexpected means have been used by vicious fascists, such as deliberately releasing poison gas into concentration camps, etc., with unspeakable cruelty.
Of course, the same is true of Japan, which is also fascist, not only full of tricks, but also like a nine-nine-eighty-one sentence. In addition, they trampled on the captives without regard for their dignity.
Now "feng shui turns", the Soviet Union has become the victorious country, on the superior side, taking the opportunity to capture a large number of German and Japanese troops, but because of the resentment that the Soviet army was full of at that time, it did not show the "gentleman" side.
According to statistics, on the eve of the surrender of the German army, 4 million soldiers had become prisoners of the Soviet army, but less than 2 million prisoners survived.
For the fascist German army, this is the case, of course, the fascist Japanese army will inevitably fall. Nearly 700,000 Japanese troops were captured by the Soviets, but only 30,000 remained under the abuse of the Soviet army.
Specifically, in addition to inflicting atrocities on them, they did not care about their survival, especially in the Siberian region of the Soviet Union, where some prisoners were even frozen alive in the cold environment. In addition, they will be beaten at any time, almost once a day.
Under the conditions of hunger and cold, they also have to carry out daily training, and some officers and soldiers will deliberately abuse soldiers, have no rest for a long time, and sometimes have to get up at night for combat training.
Of course, life as a prisoner of another country is certainly not good, but why is the Soviet army so cruel to Japanese prisoners? Is there a reason for this?
"Dangerous" Soviet female nurse
At that time, although they faced a lot of corporal punishment in the barracks, the Japanese soldiers also fought on the battlefield for many years, and this pain was still bearable, but they were afraid of the female nurses of the Soviet Union.
Originally, these female nurses had a strong hatred of the Japanese army, which also stemmed from the outbreak of war between Japan and Russia in the early 20th century, when Japan's combined fleet directly killed Russia's increasingly cultivated Pacific Fleet, and Russia lost a lot of losses at that time.
Therefore, when the nurses in the Soviet Union heard that they were Japanese prisoners of war, they were very hateful, and there was a policy in the Soviet Union that "healthy prisoners can be sent back to Japan", but these female nurses would deliberately issue false health certificates, so these prisoners could not return to their hometowns.
During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japanese troops used live people to develop the virus, while Soviet female nurses used needles and drugs to retaliate against Japanese prisoners. The seemingly gentle nurse is actually not soft-hearted, and the Japanese prisoners can be described as "life is better than death"!
In this situation, many Japanese soldiers would be afraid to face the Soviet female nurses, and some would even prefer to endure the pain rather than go to the nurses for treatment, and in this situation, some Japanese prisoners of war were sick and died.
In addition, there were prisoner of war soldiers because the female nurses issued false health certificates, which meant that they were healthy, so they continued to work, endless work, many Japanese prisoners of war overworked and fell on the Soviet construction site.
Some of the more daring prisoners of war wanted to leave and escape, but if they were to go out and face the cold region of Siberia, there were no people around for hundreds of kilometers, and of course there was almost no chance of escape.
In addition to enduring these physical and mental tortures, these Japanese prisoners of war could not take the initiative to resist, as long as they had a little sense of resistance, they would be dealt with by Soviet soldiers, so they had to work obediently.
In fact, these encounters of the Japanese army also deserved it, they also treated Chinese prisoners of war incessantly, Sino-Soviet relations were still very friendly, the Soviet Union, as a "big brother", of course, could not get used to China being bullied, of course, it would have a bad impression of the Japanese army.
The Japanese army may not have imagined that as "abusers" at that time, they would one day be retaliated against and become "victims", but now their lives are in the hands of others and trampled on wantonly.
Epilogue:
The issue of prisoners of war has existed throughout human history, and indeed there are many cruel and egregious attitudes. In past wars, prisoners of war were often seen as enemies, mistreated, tortured and even killed. This attitude often stems from the brutal nature of war and the hatred of the opposing sides.
However, with the passage of time and the development of international humanitarian law, attitudes towards prisoners of war have gradually changed. International conventions such as the Geneva Conventions set out basic principles for the treatment of prisoners of war, including respect for prisoners of war and protection of their lives and human rights. The formulation of these international regulations provided certain guarantees for the issue of prisoners of war and improved the treatment of prisoners of war to a certain extent.
Nevertheless, there are still inhumane treatment of prisoners of war in some places and conflicts. The international community needs to continue its efforts to ensure that States respect IHL and protect the rights and interests of prisoners of war. In addition, education and information are important in order to promote a deep understanding of war and prisoners of war and to foster the values of humanism and respect for others.
In addition, it is precisely because of war that prisoners exist, so war will bring great harm and suffering to mankind, both for the people involved in the war and for the whole society and the country.
Therefore, in dealing with international affairs, it is important to abide by international law and norms and to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States, while respecting human rights and humanitarian values. Only through peace, dialogue and cooperation can we better achieve the goals of common development, prosperity and harmony.