World War II was a war no one anticipated to be as horrific and excruciating as it was. Some of the actions performed during the Second World War were of such magnitude, that those who survived were torn for their lives, the children suffering along side the parents, as the ripples of time collided with the shoulders of those men and women who where forced into a battle for their lives and their future. The unjust burdens pushed down on the reluctant participants of this war ended in more than just their pains and suffering, but the pains and suffering of hundreds of thousands of others, although this was unjustifiably unable to be altered. After the surrender of the German Army lead by the infamous Nazi Regime in May of 1945, the attention
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According to the author, many Japanese soldiers in the prime of their youth, and to act in such a way was a complex mixture of the times they lived in. Japan’s senior military officials also lived in a different time period and they still had the Japanese ancient warrior tradition and mentality. Many had an immense amount of societal pressure, economic necessity and ultimately, sheer desperation. The author also explains that the Japanese government also looked into foreign media, and found U.S. plans for controlling Japan post-surrender. In May 1944, the ministers of Sweden, Okamoto Suemana, sent an article to Tokyo named Svenska Dagbladet. This article suggested that White America’s was interested in turning the newly defeated Japanese Empire into a stronghold of anti-communism in Asia. Takagi Sokichi, the Japanese Navy 's leading planner portrayed the United States on its ambition to establish a U.S. centered capitalistic market after the war. The author explains that due to this goal, the United States would very likely aid Japan 's reconstruction. As part of the American system, Japan would quickly recover as a capitalist society and regain credibility in the international community. On the other hand, according to the author in early July 1945, Japanese Empire gathered intelligence saying that the Soviet Union would mandate Sakhalin, Manchuria, and Korea as spoils of war, regardless of the result of the victory against Japan. Rather than giving these territories up to the Soviets, just surrender to the United States immediately and let them all fall under the U.S. sphere of influence. Obviously, that was not the final
According to the author, many Japanese soldiers in the prime of their youth, and to act in such a way was a complex mixture of the times they lived in. Japan’s senior military officials also lived in a different time period and they still had the Japanese ancient warrior tradition and mentality. Many had an immense amount of societal pressure, economic necessity and ultimately, sheer desperation. The author also explains that the Japanese government also looked into foreign media, and found U.S. plans for controlling Japan post-surrender. In May 1944, the ministers of Sweden, Okamoto Suemana, sent an article to Tokyo named Svenska Dagbladet. This article suggested that White America’s was interested in turning the newly defeated Japanese Empire into a stronghold of anti-communism in Asia. Takagi Sokichi, the Japanese Navy 's leading planner portrayed the United States on its ambition to establish a U.S. centered capitalistic market after the war. The author explains that due to this goal, the United States would very likely aid Japan 's reconstruction. As part of the American system, Japan would quickly recover as a capitalist society and regain credibility in the international community. On the other hand, according to the author in early July 1945, Japanese Empire gathered intelligence saying that the Soviet Union would mandate Sakhalin, Manchuria, and Korea as spoils of war, regardless of the result of the victory against Japan. Rather than giving these territories up to the Soviets, just surrender to the United States immediately and let them all fall under the U.S. sphere of influence. Obviously, that was not the final