“The hardships and sufferings to which our nation is to be subjected hereafter will certainly be great… However, it is according to the dictates of time and fate for a grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is not sufferable”
-Emperor Shōwa, “Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War,” August 14,1945
The date is September 2, 1945, the Second World War has finally ended and America officially established itself as a dominating world power that would go on to spread its influence throughout the globe time after time. Although, America's first major impact revolved around one of the largest conflicts in history, WWII, after the defeat of the Axis powers in Europe, it was up the Americans …show more content…
In between those two events the Soviet Union has also declared war on Japan. Being the last of the Axis powers, Japan was running out of time, surrounded on all sides with no aide. Previously, on July 26, 1945, the United States had previously sent Japan the Potsdam Declaration, a statement which outlined the terms for surrender and promised Japan would suffer “prompt and utter destruction.” With no option left besides complete annihilation, Japan agreed to compromise with the Allied powers, with the official signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender occurring on September 2, 1945. Although Japan had declared its surrendered and agreed to the terms, these ideas of giving up to the enemy were previously unheard of and/or unpopular within the country itself. Japan at the time was still a militaristic nation which had its eyes set out for world conquest and had been at war for the last 20 years leading up to the end of WWII. However when Japan had its odds stacked against it, it was forced to bring up surrender as a plausible option, but these ideas of surrender were met with fierce opposition by some. The Kyūjō incident was a failed military coup on August 14-15, 1945 by members of the Ministry of War of Japan and the Imperial Guard of Japan who were attempting to prevent the surrender of their nation. When the attempted coup failed, many of the members involved committed
-Emperor Shōwa, “Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War,” August 14,1945
The date is September 2, 1945, the Second World War has finally ended and America officially established itself as a dominating world power that would go on to spread its influence throughout the globe time after time. Although, America's first major impact revolved around one of the largest conflicts in history, WWII, after the defeat of the Axis powers in Europe, it was up the Americans …show more content…
In between those two events the Soviet Union has also declared war on Japan. Being the last of the Axis powers, Japan was running out of time, surrounded on all sides with no aide. Previously, on July 26, 1945, the United States had previously sent Japan the Potsdam Declaration, a statement which outlined the terms for surrender and promised Japan would suffer “prompt and utter destruction.” With no option left besides complete annihilation, Japan agreed to compromise with the Allied powers, with the official signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender occurring on September 2, 1945. Although Japan had declared its surrendered and agreed to the terms, these ideas of giving up to the enemy were previously unheard of and/or unpopular within the country itself. Japan at the time was still a militaristic nation which had its eyes set out for world conquest and had been at war for the last 20 years leading up to the end of WWII. However when Japan had its odds stacked against it, it was forced to bring up surrender as a plausible option, but these ideas of surrender were met with fierce opposition by some. The Kyūjō incident was a failed military coup on August 14-15, 1945 by members of the Ministry of War of Japan and the Imperial Guard of Japan who were attempting to prevent the surrender of their nation. When the attempted coup failed, many of the members involved committed