Japan Surrenders 8/15/45, and Denies their Role

August 15th is the 65th the anniversary of the end of World War II, the day when Japan finally surrendered.  And from that day on, they've been trying to portray themselves as the VICTIMS of the Americans.

The horrific actions of Japan during World War II are largely forgotten in the West,   The Japanese had occupied much of the Chinese countryside in the late 1930s and committed enough atrocities for American journalists to get a steady supply of gruesome stories.  They would often conduct bayonet practice on Chinese prisoners and similar horrors. It was Japanese aggression in China that caused the United States to impose a raw materials embargo on Japan, and "forced Japan" (as the Japanese like to describe it) to attack the United States in December, 1941.


The Japanese allowed their army surgeons to use prisoners for trying new procedures or simply to improve their skills. The "patients" usually didn't survive. If they did, they were killed anyway as the Japanese did not see any reason to practice post-operative skills. These surgeries were usually done without anesthesia. American prisoners were subjected to it on Guadalcanal and other battlefields.   Japan also used prisoners for testing chemical and biological weapons (which were later used against the Chinese). The death rate among American and British prisoners ran about 30 percent, more than three times higher than those in German prisoner camps.
Bottom line? The Japanese were some bad dudes.  It's one thing for them to deny their role. What galls me is Americans that think WE were the bad guys for dropping nukes. 

We didn't start the war, folks, but we did end it. We should always celebrate the victors and give them their due for preserving our country. Besides, what other country than the United States rebuilds their enemies' homelands? [A sidenote: In 1990, I took a train from Munich to Berlin. As I crossed into the former East Germany, the landscaped changed dramatically. It was eerily fascinating to see mostly crumbling, shot up, and bombed out towns and villages that hadn't been touched in 45 years.]