Hirohito

“for the emperor” persevered from the Meiji Restoration to WWII to continue to support the various shifting movements, militarism, and imperialism. The extent of the emperor’s influence and involvement during WWII was tested the most with Emperor Hirohito who lived during WWII and US Occupation. The Japanese emperor was used as a source of conflict and concessions to both start and end wars and represented Japanese goals of becoming an imperialistic superpower on equal ground with others.…

In When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, the father is taken away and the mother and children are sent to an internment camp during World War II due to suspicion of Japanese spies in America. They begin to lose their Japanese identity before the family leaves for the internment camp, when the woman burns most of their possessions that represent their Japanese heritage, even family photos. The family is forced to follow harsh rules in the camp and after they return home in order to conform…

declare that the Allies would only accept unconditional surrender from the Axis powers. After dropping the bombs on Japanese cities, Emperor Hirohito will have no choice but to surrender. The Japanese have no such weapon to return the attack on the United States and they have no technology to protect it’s cities from such destruction caused by the bomb. Hirohito and the Japanese people will finally witness the power of the weapon and the imminent destruction of the entire Japanese empire and…

from Uranium. It was over 10 feet long with a weight of around 10,000 pounds. Attached to it was a small parachute that allowed the plane time to fly away from the detonation site. Even though Little Boy destroyed so much of Hiroshima, Emperor Hirohito still refused to surrender. This was the cause of the second bombing in Nagasaki, which was made of Plutonium, even more…

“A new and more cruel bomb” said Emperor Hirohito in a radio address announcing that his country is going to surrender on August 15. That was one quote from Emperor Hirohito, the emperor of Japan. A lot of people ask questions about the war, and these are some of my questions. Here are some questions I want to ask like what are the materials needed to make an atom bomb, are the materials to make an atom bomb radioactive, Why was Hiroshima “targeted” not Tokyo, or How many U.S. Americans died…

waves from the bomb knocked down buildings in a 10km radius, crushing people inside. Debris showered the outside surroundings, ripping skin from bodies, and many drowned trying to escape fires that consumed the city. It became apparent to Emperor Hirohito that defending Japan was futile, as it was up against the devastating power of the nuclear bombs. This helped bring about the end of the war. The second, stronger bomb, Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki, but the effect was lessened by the hills…

Propaganda is defined as, “ideas, facts, or allegations spread deliberately to further one 's cause or to damage an opposing cause” (Webster Dictionary). Lynette Finch defined propaganda as “the manipulation of opinions and attitudes by social suggestion.” (Lynette Finch, “Psychological Propaganda: The War of Ideas on Ideas During the Twentieth Century,” Armed Forces & Society 26, no. 3 (2000): pg. 368). Even after World War II ended in 1945, elements of propaganda have continued to stay in…

the WWII, Japan lost 2.3 million soldiers and an estimated 800,000 civilians, and the Japanese killed and tortured thousands of the people they conquered, especially in China. They also treated Allied prisoners of war horribly. On January 7, 1989, Hirohito died of cancer at the place of his birth and his son Akihito succeeded him to the throne. Kim Jong-Un (North Korea) 2011-???? Kim Jong-Un was born January 8, 1983, in Pyongyang, North Korea as the youngest son of Kim Jong-il. Kim Jong-Un…

to unconditionally surrender, they would face ‘utter destruction’. To the Japanese, unconditional surrender meant that their Emperor Hirohito, could potentially be put on trial, dethroned and possibly executed. The Emperor Hirohito to the Japanese, was a deity and was seen as the holiest person in Japan and the son of the sun. The idea of the dethroning of Hirohito was also put into play when "There must be eliminated for all time the authority and influence of those who have deceived and misled…

year. Another reason the atomic bombs were not needed to be used were that Japan’s refusal to surrender was only due in part to the Potsdam Declaration's statement that Japan’s Emperor Hirohito step down from his throne. Evidently, after Japan’s ultimate official surrender on September 2nd, 1945, the Emperor Hirohito was allowed to keep his monarchical position thus proving that the use of the atomic bombs were only barbaric vengeance by the United States. They would have been completely…