Surrender of Japan

military did not see eye to eye and had finally come to a boiling point. Japan invaded Manchuria to supply itself with resources for its growing military…

events (during the Japanese Occupation)... we learn... the need to stand firm in the face of enemy advance, and the fortitude of enduring hardship in the dark hours."1 Indeed, during World War II, the surrender of Singapore by the British meant that from 1942 to 1945, Singapore would be a colony of Japan as part of Japan's expansionism in Asia, hereby termed the Japanese Occupation. However, there are two polarising opinions regarding the impact of Japanese Occupation on the making of the…

Between 1945 and 1948 war crimes trials were taking place in Japan and began hearing the case against 28 Japanese military and government officials accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during World War II. On November 4, 1948, the trial ended with 25 of 28 Japanese defendants being found guilty. Of the three other defendants, two had died during the lengthy trial, and one was declared insane. On November 12, the war crimes tribunal passed death sentences on seven of the…

Japan was on the march throughout the Pacific and a few hours after the attack in Hawaii, a group of Japanese warplanes led another attack on Clark Field. Clark Field was the main American airbase in the Philippines, in America’s most forward and important territory in the Pacific. General Douglas MacArthur, who at the time was serving as the commanding general of all U.S. and Filipino forces, had only just heard about Pearl Harbor when his base was struck. A few days later, Japanese forces…

entrance into WWII. Ultimately, desperate measures were taken and imperial aggression revived samurai military traditions ("World War II (1939–1945)"). The value of death before dishonor and contempt for defeat motivated soldiers to ruthlessly defend Japan (Deal). During October of 1944 towards the closing stages of WWII, the Japanese launched suicide missions as a desperate measure, and a large majority of young men voluntarily joined in this piece of the fight…

After the ending of hostilities of World War II and the surrender of the Imperial Japanese government, Japan was disarmed and its armed forces completely decommissioned. American and Allied forces were put in the position of providing protection and security for the nation. As Japan focused on rebuilding itself from the ashes of war, the leadership of the American occupy forces under General Douglas MacArthur put pressure on the Japanese government to amend its prior Meiji Constitution of 1899…

it can be argued that Japan was not essentially responsible for becoming a military state during its emergence as a world power. First, Japan seems to be the main instigator in the Pacific ten years before the actual beginning of World War II. Second, the West may be held accountable for creating this industrialized beast. Nevertheless, Japan is still undeniably a major player in the war. After the United States had helped put Japan on the path to industrialization, Japan decided to imitate the…

fundamental characteristics. Japan endured similar events, surrounding World War II that resulted in an increasingly Westernized country that lost it’s integrity and beliefs. In this allegorical novel, The Sailor who fell from Grace with the Sea, Yukio Mishima uses the characters Fusako, Ryuji and Noboru whom symbolize the different states of Japan to illustrate the plague of Westernization and convey the value of tradition in Japan. Primarily, Fusako embodies modern Japan with her obsession…

during that time. Due to that, the food resources was not sufficient to tally the needs of people in the country and they needed to implement food rationing. Thus, in order to get more food resources, they had to invade other countries. Secondly, Japan was running out of natural resources. They lacked in oil as the United States of America (USA) cut off their supply of oil so as in attempt to stop the war the Japanese had with China.Therefore, when…

During World War II, Japan suffered an onslaught of air raids, fire bombs, and atomic bombs leaving the nation all but destroyed. Despite this widespread devastation, Japan was able to reconstruct itself in order to become one of today’s leading industrialized economic superpowers. In class, we briefly discussed the United States’ occupancy in Japan between the years 1945 and 1952 as well as the economic miracle that took place during and after the Korean War, which helped launch the country…