Japanese military's intense resistance and their Surrender
- Thu Rein Linn
- Oct 14, 2023
- 2 min read
Most Japanese troops attacked with suicide until no one left .When they didn't complete any way, they suicided themselves with daggers. In occupying many Pacific islands, they didn't accept the chances to surrender and attacked forward recklessly in cave.US told them to leave the cave but not. Therefore, US army killed all using flame thrower.
About 170,000 Japanese troops suicided in Manila, the capital of Philippines .Suicide aircraft which contained a fall of exploding dynamite called "Kamikaze" attacked down US warships.So,34 was sunk and 288 were damaged .Japanese demarcated like suicide as a proud and praised pilots finally as heroes before departure. And then, those pilots flew US warships to fight not coming back war. Those planes were one way and those planes didn't have oils for coming back.
All Japanese troops defended by means of suicide until no one left in battle of Iwo Jima in February and in battle of Okinawa in April,1945.In Iwo Jima 4,000 US troops and in Okinawa,12,000 US troops were killed. For Japan ,many hundred thousands troops were killed. Japanese were not irksome to suicide but not for US.US president, Truman was thinking deeply how many US troops would die to occupy finally Japan .
Surrendering of Japan in 1945
Losing of Japan was sure. The king of Japan accepted that they were lost. But Japanese general wanted to keep fighting .At that time, US air force could attack without being defended every towns and cities of Japan according to the military case .About 100,000 civilians were died due to bombing of US in March ,1945.
Lack of food and famine happened everywhere of Japan because US navy ships could block not to do input and output for food and raw materials in Japan .But the military generals of Japan had not desires to surrender and they were still stubborn. Nevertheless, , Japanese surrender was signed on September 2, 1945 by the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamora Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu Aboard the USS Missouri.
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