On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender. In fact, even if the Japanese emperor announced the announcement, there are still many diehards who do not think that they will fail.
Before the surrender, Japan's war in East Asia had become exhausted, and it was gradually losing ground in the Pacific.
On May 8 of that year, Germany had announced its unconditional surrender.
On August 6 of that year, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima, Japan; on the 8th, the Soviet Union sent troops to northeast China; and on the 9th, the United States dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan.
However, the diehards have little influence, because they will be greeted by a more terrifying future.
On August 30, The commander-in-chief of the United Nations Army, MacArthur, arrived at Atsugi Airfield in Japan, and the prelude to the separate occupation of Japan by the Us army began.
In fact, on the issue of Japan, China, the United States and Britain issued the principles for dealing with Japan as early as the Cairo Declaration. Two years later, on July 26, the United States, the United States, and britain issued the Potsdam Proclamation, which contained words about the disposition of Japanese troops, severe punishment of war criminals, and military occupation of Japan.
However, there is a loophole in this, and there is no rule on who will occupy Japan. The Soviet side had proposed that the Allies should jointly occupy Japan, and that the Supreme Commander of the Soviet Union and the United States should each have one; the second was that the Soviet Union in the north of Japan would belong to the United States in the south.
However, the Americans have a big appetite, and neither agrees. According to President Truman's thinking, Japan must be eaten by the United States alone. However, what if you can't make others feel that you have broken the rules of the game? Use some political means.
The United States specifically led the establishment of two bodies for the allies to deal with Japan, one for the Far East Committee and one for the Japan Council. However, the bosses of both institutions are Americans, and the main staff are also Americans.
These two divisions were also useless after the United States occupied Japan alone, and in fact the United States had swallowed Japan by this time.
Previously, the United States had suffered a dumb loss in the occupation of Germany, and in the Asia-Pacific theater, the United States had an absolute advantage. Even if the Soviet Union insisted on fighting, it had to weigh its own strength.
However, the Soviet side was not a vegetarian either. Long after Japan announced its surrender, they were plotting how to occupy Japan.
At this time, Japan had about 50,000-60,000 people stationed in the Kuril Islands. However, when the Soviet Union decided to attack the four northern islands of Japan, Japan had already announced its surrender, so the Japanese defenders did not resist much. From the morning of September 3 until the evening of two days later, the landings were declared over.
In February 1946, the Soviet Union declared that the South Kuril Islands belonged to the Soviet Union. To this day, Russia still occupies the South Kuril Islands, which Japan calls the Four Northern Islands.