1943 was an extremely important year in World War II, and it was also a year when the situation of the Japanese army took a turn for the worse.
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In June, the U.S. Army Joint Chiefs of Staff formally issued an order to capture the Marshall Islands.
From November 22 to 26, China, Britain and the United States held discussions in Cairo and signed the Cairo Declaration, confirming their joint war against Japan until Japan surrendered unconditionally.
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Changchun.
Zhou Weiguo looked at the Kwantung Army headquarters and exhaled. The plan was considered a success. Moreover, the cultural relics protection plan was almost in progress.
Scatteredly, hundreds of thousands of cultural relics were recovered.
The signing of the Cairo Declaration strengthened the determination of the Chinese people to resist the war.
In October, in order to cooperate with the war situation in the Chinese battlefield and the Pacific region, and reopen the lines of communication between China and India, China and the United States jointly launched a counteroffensive campaign in northern Burma and western Yunnan. By the time they captured Myitkyina in July 1944, the Japanese army was completely driven out of Burma.
In the north, the battle was a complete victory. This victory not only opened up the land communication line between China and the Allies, but also opened the prelude to the Allied counterattack against the Japanese in the Asian battlefield.
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"Your Excellency, I think the Philippines should be recovered first!"
"No, we should attack the Japanese troops in Taiwan first!"
Inside the US military headquarters, the two generals held their own opinions.
"Your Excellency, it is true that from a military point of view, I agree with Mr. Nimitz's opinion! But the rumors spread by Japan that the United States has abandoned the Philippines and is unwilling to sacrifice the lives of American soldiers to rescue the Filipino people are very harmful to us in the United States.
The reputation and influence in the Far East will be extremely detrimental."
In the wheelchair, the middle-aged man nodded, "That's what General Mike said."
In July 1944, the US military successively invested a large number of troops in the Philippines Campaign.
MacArthur was responsible for the command of the landing operations, and Nimitz's Pacific Fleet was responsible for the maritime support.
Japan responded with the "Jie No. 1" combat plan and established the 14th Army of the Army in the Philippines.
In September, the battle began. The US military first captured Peleliu Island and Morotai Island, eliminating the flank threat. Between September and October, the US military dispatched a large number of shore-based aircraft and naval carrier-based aircraft to attack Japan in the Ryukyu Islands, Luzon
Large-scale air raids were carried out on airports in Taiwan, Taiwan and other places. Especially the continuous air raids from October 6 to October 14 caused the Japanese army to lose 1,093 aircraft. The Army's 4th Air Force in the Philippines only had 200 aircraft left, and the Navy's 1st Air Force
There are only 35 aircraft left in the fleet, and 230 aircraft remain in the Second Air Fleet in Taiwan. Before the battle began, the Japanese army had already lost its counterattack power in the air. The US military had only 102 aircraft destroyed or shot down.
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"Weiguo, this time, the Japanese are going to be finished!" Liu Yuan looked at the battle report from the Allies and was overjoyed, "Japan will no longer be able to fight back!"
Zhou Weiguo nodded, "Let the navy also prepare."
"Um!"
Over the past two years, through continuous operations, the Independent Division has driven the Kwantung Army to the North Korean area.
On the European continent, the Soviet Red Army successively launched 10 large-scale counterattacks (known in history as the Ten Stalin Assaults), completely driving the German army out of the Soviet Union. After that, the Soviet Red Army swept across southeastern Europe.
After launching the Normandy landings on the 6th, the German army had to mobilize a large number of troops from the eastern front to defend the western front. The Soviet Red Army became even more unstoppable and successively liberated Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Poland and other countries.
On April 16, 1945, the Soviet Red Army began the campaign to attack Berlin after crossing the Oder River. On April 21, the Soviet Red Army entered Berlin's urban area. On the 25th, it completed the siege of Berlin. On the 27th, it broke into the city center. On the 30th,
Three Japanese soldiers of the Soviet Red Army planted the Soviet red flag on the roof of the Reichstag in Berlin, and on the same day committed suicide by the German leader Hitler.
On May 8, 1945, Germany unconditionally surrendered, and the Soviet Union won the final victory in the Soviet-German War.
From March to June, the U.S. military occupied Iwo Jima and Okinawa after paying a heavy price, and approached the Japanese mainland. In May, Germany unconditionally surrendered. In order to protect the mainland and North Korea, Japan launched an unprecedented war mobilization, calling for a "decisive battle on homeland."
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On July 26, the United States, Britain and the Republic of China issued the Potsdam Declaration, urging Japan to surrender.
On July 28, the Japanese government refused to accept the Potsdam Declaration.
"General! The Japanese are so stubborn! They know they are defeated! But they still don't surrender!"
"The Japanese resistance caused a large number of casualties to our soldiers..."
"Don't worry, the senior management will consider it."
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In order to reduce Allied casualties, speed up the war process, and force Japan to surrender, U.S. President Truman decided to drop atomic bombs on six cities including Tokyo (Tokyo, Kyoto, Shin, Kokura, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki). Kyoto Japanese Culture
The ancient capital was excluded due to the political need to rule Japan after the war; Tokyo had been bombed many times before, and it was not easy to assess the effect of the atomic bomb; Shin is an important aluminum product production base in Japan, but the distance is too far; Kokura is a city in Kyushu, Japan
It is an important industrial base, but the weather conditions on the day of the launch were not good; after consideration, the US military selected the nuclear attack targets as Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
Hiroshima is the city of Japan's army and the seat of Japan's Second Army Headquarters for homeland defense. All Japanese armies heading to China, North Korea, Southeast Asia, and Nanyang Islands depart from Hiroshima. Nagasaki is the center of Japanese industry, especially the shipbuilding industry.
Important base.
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At 8:00 a.m. on August 6, 1945, three US B-29 aircraft entered the sky over Hiroshima from high altitude.
"The American plane is coming again."
"Yeah! I don't know what they did! The empire was actually defeated!"
"Hey! The enemy is too powerful!"
At 9:14:17, when the sight on a B-29 (44-86292) carrying an atomic bomb was aimed at the center of a bridge in Hiroshima, the automatic bomb delivery device was activated. 60 seconds later, the atomic bomb dropped from
The opened hatch fell into the air.
45 seconds later, the atomic bomb exploded in the air 600 meters above the ground (the specific location was 600 meters above Shima Hospital, 100 meters west of Aioi Bridge, Hiroshima, Japan), immediately emitting a dazzling and intense white flash, and then over the center of Hiroshima.
A deafening explosion occurred. In an instant, a huge mushroom-shaped smoke cloud suddenly rolled up in the city, and then hundreds of pillars of fire were erected, and Hiroshima was immediately reduced to a sea of scorching flames.
"Nani!"
"He deserves to die..."
Everything becomes silent.
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On August 9, the United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
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On August 15, the Emperor of Japan issued a surrender edict announcing his surrender.
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"Hahaha! Great! The Japanese have surrendered!" People on the street cheered!
"No need to fight! No need to fight!"
"The devils have surrendered!"
"The devils have surrendered!"
The sound of firecrackers ringing and crackling represents the current mood of the Chinese people.
Takeshita Shun was walking on the street with a deep expression on his face.
Japan lost. It was expected.
Just, two atomic bombs...
He still feels sorry for his own people.
At 9 o'clock on September 9, 1945, the surrender ceremony of the Chinese theater of World War II was held in the auditorium of the Central Army Military Academy in Nanjing. He Yingqin, the Army Commander-in-Chief of the Government of the Republic of China, accepted the surrender document.
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Across the ocean.
A woman was teaching two children to write. Suddenly, the door to the room was pushed open.
The woman raised her head, her eyes moistened instantly, "Wei Guo!"