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From March 1945 to August 1945, Major General Curtis A. Curtis of the United States Air Force was a member of the United States Air Force. Li Mei commanded the US B-29 bomber group to carry out indiscriminate bombing of 98 cities in Japan, including Tokyo, Osaka, and Kobe, killing more than 500,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians, injuring more than one million people, and leaving more than five million Japanese people homeless.
General Li Mei's indiscriminate bombing of Japan caused heavy casualties to the military and civilians, and the social economy suffered devastating blows, which was one of the important reasons why the Japanese Emperor was determined to surrender unconditionally.
General Li Mei admitted in his memoirs that the indiscriminate bombing caused hundreds of thousands of deaths, and he was often uneasy in his heart. If the Allies were defeated, he would be sent to the gallows by the Japanese government.
However, it was a surprise that General Li Mei, whose hands were stained with Japanese blood, was awarded the highest medal by the Japanese government after the war, the "Grand Ribbon of the Rising Sun, First Class", in recognition of his contributions between the United States and Japan.
Dear officials, are you stunned and stunned by the Japanese god's operation? What kind of people are the Japanese, what is their personality, and why do they do such a perverse thing?
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General Li Mei bombed Japan, and the Japanese suffered heavy casualties
On March 10, 1945, Major General Li Mei ordered a group of American bombers to bomb Japan for the first time, targeting Tokyo, the capital of Japan.
On the morning of the 10th, 334 B-29 bombers took off from Guam and went straight over Tokyo, dropping 2,000 tons of incendiary bombs, and the downtown area of Tokyo was in flames (Most of the Japanese houses were wooden structures), and 14 square kilometers of urban area were destroyed, killing more than 80,000 people, disabling more than 100,000 people, and leaving 1 million people homeless.
The bombing of Tokyo, commanded by Li Mei, was the most destructive bombing (non-nuclear bomb) in human history.
On the night of May 9, 1945, Li Mei ordered more than 300 B-29 bombers to bomb Tokyo for the second time.
The Tokyo fire burned for 4 days before it was extinguished, one part of the Imperial City of Japan was burned, the dead bodies were stacked on top of each other 2 meters high, the Japanese were killed and injured countless times, and Tokyo was like hell on earth.
On May 26, 1945, Li Mei ordered 500 B-29 bombers to strike a final blow at Tokyo. Four thousand tons of incendiary bombs caused a sea of fire in the city of Tokyo, and the people who survived the disaster fled to the countryside, and Tokyo became a dead city, no longer worth bombing.
From March to August 1945, Major General Li Mei commanded the US B-29 bomber group, which bombed 98 cities in Japan, including Kobe, Osaka, and Nagoya, destroyed Japanese factories, shipbuilding, oil refining, grain and oil facilities, and blew up the entire city, killing more than 500,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians, disabling more than 1 million people, and leaving 5 million civilians homeless.
Li Mei indiscriminately bombed Japan, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese, devastating economic damage, and razing the city to the ground, "returning Japan to the Neolithic Era" (Li Mei).
From the perspective of the Japanese, Li Mei was an "executioner" whose hands were stained with the blood of the Japanese people and one of the culprits of Japan's defeat in the war.
The Japanese government awarded General Li Mei the highest medal, what are the character characteristics of the Japanese? "Chrysanthemum and knife" became a symbol of Japanese character
In 1964, the Japanese government awarded the Chief of the General Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Curtis M. Admiral Li Mei was awarded the "Grand Ribbon of the Rising Sun of the First Class" in recognition of his contributions to the exchanges between the United States and Japan.
As soon as this news was reported, the world was in an uproar. People have talked about this kind of anti-heaven operation of the Japanese people, which has made people stunned and stunned.
The Japanese superficially feel disciplined, humble, and courteous, but in essence they are ferocious, arrogant, ungrateful, loyal to the emperor (the spirit of Bushido), and aggressive.
As an island country, Japan has a small territory and a single product. The Japanese nation often has a sense of crisis, and in order to find more resources, the Japanese are aggressive and harass neighboring countries everywhere.
When the national strength is weak, they often use the form of pirates or harass neighboring countries, and when the national strength is large, they invade and annex neighboring countries in the form of a state. During the long war of aggression and harassment, the character of the Japanese slowly formed.
"Chrysanthemum and sword" that symbolizes the character of the Japanese people
The chrysanthemum is the family crest of the Japanese Tenryu clan, and the sword is the symbol of the Japanese samurai. Chrysanthemums symbolize beauty, courtesy, and docileness, and swords symbolize the spirit of Bushido, foolishness, ferocious conquest, and arrogance.
Kikuwa and the sword symbolize the contradictory character of the Japanese people and are also the duality of Japanese culture.
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The Japanese personality has its own historical reasons, and their personality can be said to be a double heaven of ice and fire, extremely distorted.
The Japanese people have great respect for victory, defeat and honor, and have a ferocious and aggressive nature, and observance, kindness, and meekness are only a false mask to cover up their uneasy conscience after committing a crime.
The Japanese submit only to the victors (the powerful), which is also the embodiment of their concept of hierarchy. The Americans and Soviets were obedient and willing to be enslaved, while the Koreans, Chinese, Germans, Australians, and Southeast Asians were disobedient in their hearts, held themselves in high esteem, and refused to admit guilt.
"Chrysanthemum and Knife" truly reflects the strange character of the Japanese people full of contradictions.
American female anthropologist Rune. Benedict, after years of studying the Japanese nation and the character characteristics of the Japanese people.
She concluded: The Japanese are extremely belligerent and extremely gentle, extremely militaristic and superficially pursuing the world of "Chrysanthemum", extremely ferocious and polite, extremely obedient and betrayal at any time, in short, this is an extremely contradictory nation.
Famous officials, what are the characteristics of the Japanese personality in your mind, welcome to leave a message to discuss.
Ferocious and courteous
References: Chrysanthemum and the Knife
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