Stalin restores the military-strategic position of Russia in the Far East
Yalta Agreement on the Far East. Japanese government actions
The American government has repeatedly appealed to the USSR with inquiries about the dates of entry into the war with Japan. These appeals expressed Washington’s desire to hasten Moscow with the decision to go to war with Japan. The desire to draw the USSR into the war with Japan, even before the defeat of Germany, was one of the most important features of the policies of the United States and Britain in the Far East. Washington and London wanted Russia to fight on two strategic fronts and suffered the greatest possible losses.
However, Moscow understood the hypocritical aspirations of the "partners." Therefore, after an exchange of views at the Moscow meeting of foreign ministers and at a conference in Tehran in 1943, as well as during Churchill and Eden’s talks in Moscow in 1944, it became clear that before Hitler Germany was defeated on the USSR’s entry into the war with Japan out of the question.
At the Crimea 11 Conference in February 1945, Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill signed a secret agreement that provided for the USSR to enter the war with Japan through 2-3 a month after Germany surrendered. At the same time, Moscow set a number of conditions:
- maintaining the status quo of the Mongolian People’s Republic (Outer Mongolia);
- Restoration of rights belonging to Russia, which were violated by the Japanese attack in 1904. That is, the Soviet Union returned South Sakhalin with the adjacent islands. The lease of Port Arthur as the Russian naval base was being restored. The internationalization of the Dairen (Far) trade port took place, ensuring the preferential interests of the Soviet Union. Joint operation of the Chinese Eastern Railway and the South Manchurian Railway, giving access to Dairen, on the basis of a mixed Soviet-Chinese Society, ensuring the pre-emptive position of the USSR. At the same time, China maintained full sovereignty in Manchuria.
- transfer of the Kuril Islands to the USSR. This decision had historical significance, permanently securing the Kuril Islands for Russia-USSR.
Measures to transfer additional to the Far East were planned for the beginning of 1945. However, all the reserves that were freed up after the end of the struggle at the front in Finland were used to develop the offensive in the central (Berlin) direction. Therefore, the transfer of troops to the Far East began later.
5 April 1945, the Soviet Union denounced the neutrality pact with Japan. The statement indicated that since the signing of the pact, the situation has changed radically. Germany attacked the USSR, and Japan, an ally of Germany, helps her in the war against the USSR. It was also noted that Japan is at war with the United States and Great Britain, which are allies of the USSR.
The decision of Moscow led to the resignation of the office of Kuniaki Koiso. On April 7, Admiral Kantaro Suzuki formed a new cabinet. The new Japanese government reaffirmed its commitment to an alliance with Germany. The Japanese leadership hoped that the Hitler regime would last at least until July 1945. Such a period was considered sufficient to withdraw troops from the South Seas area to Japan. The Japanese command believed that if Germany held on for a few more months, it would prevent the transfer of US-British troops from Europe to the Pacific Ocean and allow Japan to gain some time to strengthen the defense.
Even the news of the death of Hitler and the surrender of Germany did not shake Japan’s determination to continue the struggle. 3 May 1945, a statement about the death of Hitler made Suzuki. The head of the Japanese government assured the Japanese people that Japan would certainly achieve victory. 9 May 1945 The Japanese government decided to continue the struggle and achieve victory at any cost.
Despite the fact that the capitulation of Germany led to fundamental changes in the military-political situation of Japan and the entire situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the Japanese authorities continued to talk about the war to the bitter end. Now Japanese propaganda persuaded people that Germany’s surrender would not affect Japan’s position. Now that Germany has collapsed, the Japanese authorities have openly declared strategic miscalculations of the Hitler regime. They were noted quite correctly: the rejection of the seizure of Britain before the start of the campaign against Russia, because of which it was necessary to fight on two strategic fronts; underestimation of the power of the Red Army and the possibilities of the socialist system of industry.
At the same time, there was no consensus among the Japanese elite on the issue of a possible agreement with opponents. Part of the Japanese elite was ready to compromise with the United States and England. It was obvious that military defeat could not be avoided, but one could try to preserve the imperial regime and avoid the “honorable death of the whole nation” in a hopeless struggle.
The government of Suzuki decided to continue the struggle until the "victorious end" and at the same time try to make a deal with their opponents. The Japanese authorities believed that by exerting fierce resistance to the American-British troops, they would be able to convince Washington and London to abandon the demand for unconditional surrender. To clear the way for possible diplomatic negotiations, the Japanese government of 15 in May 1945 annulled its treaties with the non-existent governments of former European allies.
In Tokyo, they tried to find a common language with the Kuomintang in China and hoped for a split in the union of the United States, Britain and the USSR. The Japanese followed the San Francisco conference closely and hoped that it would grow into World War III. It is clear that in some respects the Japanese leadership correctly assessed the situation. Soviet civilization and the West were irreconcilable enemies, and the conflict between them was inevitable (it was already under way, but in the informational, unofficial field). However, in Tokyo, as before, in Berlin, they were mistaken. Yes, the USSR and the Anglo-Saxon powers were geopolitical opponents, but at that moment they had a common goal - the defeat of Germany and then Japan. The United States was not going to start an open struggle with the USSR, without ending the war with Japan.
On April 23, 1945, the Japanese naval attaché in Switzerland, Yosira Fujimura, began negotiations with the US Strategic Services Department. Negotiations lasted about two months. The Japanese were interested in questions of the future imperial power, fleetas well as Taiwan and Korea. The Americans made it clear that it is possible to preserve the imperial dynasty, sacred to the Japanese nation and merchant fleet. On the question of Korea and Taiwan, the Japanese could not count on concessions. The Americans themselves wanted to establish control over these territories.
The Japanese conducted secret negotiations with representatives of the United States and Great Britain and through other channels. They ended in vain. Although Washington was not averse to accepting Japan’s surrender before the Soviet Union entered the war. Speaking about the capitulation of Germany, the American President Truman stressed that it could be a question of the unconditional surrender not of Japan, but only of its armed forces. That is, the United States narrowed the concept of "unconditional surrender", giving Japan the opportunity to maneuver. From 8 May to 4 August 1945, the Americans conducted special radio programs organized for Japan, making it clear to the Japanese leadership that it would be more expedient for Japan to capitulate to the United States alone, without waiting for the USSR to enter the war. However, it was impossible to reconcile the American-Japanese contradictions.
The Japanese took similar steps with regard to the USSR. In February-March 1945, the Japanese government attempted to persuade Moscow to become mediators in the peace talks between Japan and the United States. After the Suzuki cabinet came to power in April 1945, such attempts were continued. In mid-May, three meetings of members of the Supreme Military Council of Japan were held to discuss the issue of mediation. Ideas were rejected to appeal to the government of Chiang Kai-shek or to neutral countries - Switzerland and Sweden. The meeting decided to apply for mediation to the USSR. This mission was assigned to former Prime Minister Hirotake Hirota, who was to meet with the Soviet ambassador Jacob Malik.
3 and 4 June passed two meetings. 24 Jun Hirota proposed the USSR Union: "The Japanese side ... wishes its victories and actions in Asia to be coordinated with the Russian side in the future." He expressed the opinion that it would be expedient to combine the efforts of the “great land power of Russia” and the sea power of Japan. According to Hirota, Japan needed oil, in exchange for the USSR they offered products from Southeast Asia - rubber, lead, tin, tungsten, etc.
These negotiations were unsuccessful, as did Tokyo’s further attempts to negotiate with Moscow. Japan is very late with these offers. In general, the strategic union of Russia and Japan in the Asia-Pacific region could dramatically change the situation in the world. The West would be in a difficult situation. Russian and Japanese civilizations could establish a zone of prosperity and stability in the Pacific. But such a union could appear only before the Russian-Japanese war in 1904-1905. Then the Anglo-Saxons skillfully set off the Russians and the Japanese. Later, Japan, in 1920-1930-s, could have taken a number of steps towards the USSR, eliminating previous strategic mistakes. But the Japanese did not, wanting to expand their empire in the north at the expense of the Russian lands. Now that Japan was on the verge of defeat, it was already pointless to propose a union. It was a political ploy to push the USSR into the United States and England and a gesture of despair. Moscow understood this well.
Potsdam
Japan could still delay the war with China, the United States and England. By August 1945, the armed forces of the Japanese Empire numbered about 7 million, with the possibility of mobilizing another 1,5 million. The US-British command knew that they would have to pay a bloody and expensive price for landing in Japan. In addition, Washington and London did not have confidence that after the defeat of the Japanese army in the metropolis, its numerous troops in Asia also capitulate. And even the preparation of the landing operation of such magnitude was fraught with great difficulties. For example, the USA needed to transfer considerable forces from Europe to the Pacific theater, having increased the Pacific grouping of troops. Evaluating the balance of power in the Far East in the summer of 1945, US-British allied intelligence reported that the offensive operations of the Soviet army were desirable for the success of the invasion of Japan by the crane.
Therefore, the Potsdam Conference was to finally approve the entry of the USSR into the war with Japan. Not for nothing, having arrived in Potsdam, Truman declared that one of his main goals at the conference was to achieve the entry of the USSR into the war in the Far East. However, this did not take much effort. Moscow fulfilled its obligations to the allies and was itself interested in the war with Japan. More 28 in May, Moscow called the date of entry into the war - 8 in August 1945. According to the Crimean agreement, the Soviet army was to perform two or three months after Germany’s surrender, the Germans capitulated on May 8, therefore, the Soviet troops were ready to launch 8 in August.
During the Potsdam Conference many problems of the war in the Far East were discussed. The Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Antonov, said that the start of hostilities depends on negotiations with the Chinese side, that the aim of the Soviet offensive in the Far East is to defeat the Japanese troops in Manchuria and access to the Liaodong Peninsula. In general, negotiations on the USSR’s entry into the war against Japan were successful. The United States was satisfied.
The need for USSR assistance became even more obvious after the unsuccessful attempt of the USA, Britain and China to persuade Japan to surrender using the Potsdam Declaration of July 26 1945. Japan was given an ultimatum: to proclaim the immediate unconditional surrender of all armed forces; eliminate the power and influence of the military in the country; agree to the occupation; transfer all the occupied territories to the allies, including Taiwan and Korea; agree to the restriction of Japanese sovereignty over the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku; punishment of war criminals; establishment of a democratic regime in the country, etc.
The Potsdam Declaration was developed without the participation of the USSR and reflected the US desire to establish unilateral control over Japan, but its content was aimed at the early end of the Second World War and contributed to the establishment of peace in the Far East, so 8 August 1945 Moscow joined it.
Atomic strike on japan
The colossal successes of the Soviet system gave hope for the construction of a fair world order to all progressive mankind, therefore the USA wanted to show who the “master of the house” was. Washington decided to demonstrate to humanity the terrifying power of the new weapons - atomic weapons. 16 July 1945. The Americans conducted the first atomic bomb test and already 24 July. Truman gave the order to the commanders of the strategic USAF: "Drop the first special bomb ... approximately 3 August 1945 on one of the following objects: Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata, Hiroshima."
6 August 1945 was a terrible tragedy of the city of Hiroshima. The atomic bomb was airborne, occurred at about the height of 600 meters. The whole city disappeared in fire and smoke. Tens of thousands of houses and various buildings, located on an area of 14 square kilometers, burned down. More than 200 thousand people died, some at once, others in terrible agony, more than 160 thousand people were injured. 9 August Nagasaki suffered the same fate. As a result of two atomic strikes, more than 400 thousand people were killed and maimed. It was a crime against humanity, as it was mostly civilians who died.
There was no military need for an atomic strike. Japan was already doomed by the very course of the Second World War and the upcoming Soviet intervention. The use of atomic weapons, like the previous carpet bombing of Japanese cities, which also led to massive civilian casualties, did not sober the Japanese leadership, who continued to rely on dragging out the war. And the Japanese army was determined to continue the resistance. In fact, the atomic bombing of Japanese cities was a signal to humanity and the USSR. The masters of the West showed that they would not stop before any crime and mass sacrifice in order to establish their New World Order - a global concentration camp.
Agreement with China
Successful negotiations between the USSR and China completed political and diplomatic preparations for a war with Japan. In mid-June, the American Ambassador acquainted Chiang Kai-shek with the contents of the Yalta Agreement on the Far East. From June 30 to July 14 and immediately after the end of the Potsdam Conference, the Moscow talks between the governments of the USSR and China took place. 14 August 1945 was signed the Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between the USSR and the Republic of China and various special agreements. The governments of the USSR and China expressed their determination to strengthen the traditional friendship between the two powers, to assist each other in a joint struggle with Japan until its unconditional surrender.
A special agreement was concluded on Port Arthur. The latter was to become a naval base, accessible only to warships and merchant ships of the two powers. The defense of Port Arthur was entrusted to the USSR. The agreement on the port of Dalniy (Dalian, Dairen) declared it a free port, open for trade and shipping of all countries. The agreement on the China Changchun Railway provided for the joint operation of this line, in which the CER and the South Manchurian Railway were united.
A special agreement was devoted to the issue of relations between the Soviet commander in chief and the Chinese administration after the entry of Soviet troops into Manchuria. Moscow reaffirmed China’s sovereignty over this territory seized by the Japanese in 1931. In combat zones, supreme power belonged to the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet troops. After the end of hostilities, the power passed to the Chinese administration.
In addition, in the notes of the ministers of foreign affairs, Moscow again emphasized that it was considering Northeastern China (Manchuria) as an integral part of China and did not intend to interfere in the internal affairs of China, particularly in Xinjiang province. The governments exchanged notes on the independence of the Mongolian People’s Republic (MPR). Prior to this, the Kuomintang did not recognize the Mongolian People's Republic as a sovereign state, considering it a part of China called Outer Mongolia. Now China has recognized the independence of Mongolia within the existing borders, if, after the surrender, the plebiscite of Mongolia confirms its desire for independence.
8 August 1945 The Soviet government declared to the Japanese ambassador in Moscow that from the next day the USSR would consider itself at war with Japan. 9 August 1945, the Soviet Army launched an offensive. The war began with Japan, which ended World War II. Historical justice has triumphed. From the USSR it was a fair war. Japan had to pay for the mistake of 1904 of the year and numerous subsequent hostile actions against the Russian (Soviet) civilization.
To be continued ...
The American government has repeatedly appealed to the USSR with inquiries about the dates of entry into the war with Japan. These appeals expressed Washington’s desire to hasten Moscow with the decision to go to war with Japan. The desire to draw the USSR into the war with Japan, even before the defeat of Germany, was one of the most important features of the policies of the United States and Britain in the Far East. Washington and London wanted Russia to fight on two strategic fronts and suffered the greatest possible losses.
However, Moscow understood the hypocritical aspirations of the "partners." Therefore, after an exchange of views at the Moscow meeting of foreign ministers and at a conference in Tehran in 1943, as well as during Churchill and Eden’s talks in Moscow in 1944, it became clear that before Hitler Germany was defeated on the USSR’s entry into the war with Japan out of the question.
At the Crimea 11 Conference in February 1945, Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill signed a secret agreement that provided for the USSR to enter the war with Japan through 2-3 a month after Germany surrendered. At the same time, Moscow set a number of conditions:
- maintaining the status quo of the Mongolian People’s Republic (Outer Mongolia);
- Restoration of rights belonging to Russia, which were violated by the Japanese attack in 1904. That is, the Soviet Union returned South Sakhalin with the adjacent islands. The lease of Port Arthur as the Russian naval base was being restored. The internationalization of the Dairen (Far) trade port took place, ensuring the preferential interests of the Soviet Union. Joint operation of the Chinese Eastern Railway and the South Manchurian Railway, giving access to Dairen, on the basis of a mixed Soviet-Chinese Society, ensuring the pre-emptive position of the USSR. At the same time, China maintained full sovereignty in Manchuria.
- transfer of the Kuril Islands to the USSR. This decision had historical significance, permanently securing the Kuril Islands for Russia-USSR.
Measures to transfer additional to the Far East were planned for the beginning of 1945. However, all the reserves that were freed up after the end of the struggle at the front in Finland were used to develop the offensive in the central (Berlin) direction. Therefore, the transfer of troops to the Far East began later.
5 April 1945, the Soviet Union denounced the neutrality pact with Japan. The statement indicated that since the signing of the pact, the situation has changed radically. Germany attacked the USSR, and Japan, an ally of Germany, helps her in the war against the USSR. It was also noted that Japan is at war with the United States and Great Britain, which are allies of the USSR.
The decision of Moscow led to the resignation of the office of Kuniaki Koiso. On April 7, Admiral Kantaro Suzuki formed a new cabinet. The new Japanese government reaffirmed its commitment to an alliance with Germany. The Japanese leadership hoped that the Hitler regime would last at least until July 1945. Such a period was considered sufficient to withdraw troops from the South Seas area to Japan. The Japanese command believed that if Germany held on for a few more months, it would prevent the transfer of US-British troops from Europe to the Pacific Ocean and allow Japan to gain some time to strengthen the defense.
Even the news of the death of Hitler and the surrender of Germany did not shake Japan’s determination to continue the struggle. 3 May 1945, a statement about the death of Hitler made Suzuki. The head of the Japanese government assured the Japanese people that Japan would certainly achieve victory. 9 May 1945 The Japanese government decided to continue the struggle and achieve victory at any cost.
Despite the fact that the capitulation of Germany led to fundamental changes in the military-political situation of Japan and the entire situation in the Asia-Pacific region, the Japanese authorities continued to talk about the war to the bitter end. Now Japanese propaganda persuaded people that Germany’s surrender would not affect Japan’s position. Now that Germany has collapsed, the Japanese authorities have openly declared strategic miscalculations of the Hitler regime. They were noted quite correctly: the rejection of the seizure of Britain before the start of the campaign against Russia, because of which it was necessary to fight on two strategic fronts; underestimation of the power of the Red Army and the possibilities of the socialist system of industry.
At the same time, there was no consensus among the Japanese elite on the issue of a possible agreement with opponents. Part of the Japanese elite was ready to compromise with the United States and England. It was obvious that military defeat could not be avoided, but one could try to preserve the imperial regime and avoid the “honorable death of the whole nation” in a hopeless struggle.
The government of Suzuki decided to continue the struggle until the "victorious end" and at the same time try to make a deal with their opponents. The Japanese authorities believed that by exerting fierce resistance to the American-British troops, they would be able to convince Washington and London to abandon the demand for unconditional surrender. To clear the way for possible diplomatic negotiations, the Japanese government of 15 in May 1945 annulled its treaties with the non-existent governments of former European allies.
In Tokyo, they tried to find a common language with the Kuomintang in China and hoped for a split in the union of the United States, Britain and the USSR. The Japanese followed the San Francisco conference closely and hoped that it would grow into World War III. It is clear that in some respects the Japanese leadership correctly assessed the situation. Soviet civilization and the West were irreconcilable enemies, and the conflict between them was inevitable (it was already under way, but in the informational, unofficial field). However, in Tokyo, as before, in Berlin, they were mistaken. Yes, the USSR and the Anglo-Saxon powers were geopolitical opponents, but at that moment they had a common goal - the defeat of Germany and then Japan. The United States was not going to start an open struggle with the USSR, without ending the war with Japan.
On April 23, 1945, the Japanese naval attaché in Switzerland, Yosira Fujimura, began negotiations with the US Strategic Services Department. Negotiations lasted about two months. The Japanese were interested in questions of the future imperial power, fleetas well as Taiwan and Korea. The Americans made it clear that it is possible to preserve the imperial dynasty, sacred to the Japanese nation and merchant fleet. On the question of Korea and Taiwan, the Japanese could not count on concessions. The Americans themselves wanted to establish control over these territories.
The Japanese conducted secret negotiations with representatives of the United States and Great Britain and through other channels. They ended in vain. Although Washington was not averse to accepting Japan’s surrender before the Soviet Union entered the war. Speaking about the capitulation of Germany, the American President Truman stressed that it could be a question of the unconditional surrender not of Japan, but only of its armed forces. That is, the United States narrowed the concept of "unconditional surrender", giving Japan the opportunity to maneuver. From 8 May to 4 August 1945, the Americans conducted special radio programs organized for Japan, making it clear to the Japanese leadership that it would be more expedient for Japan to capitulate to the United States alone, without waiting for the USSR to enter the war. However, it was impossible to reconcile the American-Japanese contradictions.
The Japanese took similar steps with regard to the USSR. In February-March 1945, the Japanese government attempted to persuade Moscow to become mediators in the peace talks between Japan and the United States. After the Suzuki cabinet came to power in April 1945, such attempts were continued. In mid-May, three meetings of members of the Supreme Military Council of Japan were held to discuss the issue of mediation. Ideas were rejected to appeal to the government of Chiang Kai-shek or to neutral countries - Switzerland and Sweden. The meeting decided to apply for mediation to the USSR. This mission was assigned to former Prime Minister Hirotake Hirota, who was to meet with the Soviet ambassador Jacob Malik.
3 and 4 June passed two meetings. 24 Jun Hirota proposed the USSR Union: "The Japanese side ... wishes its victories and actions in Asia to be coordinated with the Russian side in the future." He expressed the opinion that it would be expedient to combine the efforts of the “great land power of Russia” and the sea power of Japan. According to Hirota, Japan needed oil, in exchange for the USSR they offered products from Southeast Asia - rubber, lead, tin, tungsten, etc.
These negotiations were unsuccessful, as did Tokyo’s further attempts to negotiate with Moscow. Japan is very late with these offers. In general, the strategic union of Russia and Japan in the Asia-Pacific region could dramatically change the situation in the world. The West would be in a difficult situation. Russian and Japanese civilizations could establish a zone of prosperity and stability in the Pacific. But such a union could appear only before the Russian-Japanese war in 1904-1905. Then the Anglo-Saxons skillfully set off the Russians and the Japanese. Later, Japan, in 1920-1930-s, could have taken a number of steps towards the USSR, eliminating previous strategic mistakes. But the Japanese did not, wanting to expand their empire in the north at the expense of the Russian lands. Now that Japan was on the verge of defeat, it was already pointless to propose a union. It was a political ploy to push the USSR into the United States and England and a gesture of despair. Moscow understood this well.
Potsdam
Japan could still delay the war with China, the United States and England. By August 1945, the armed forces of the Japanese Empire numbered about 7 million, with the possibility of mobilizing another 1,5 million. The US-British command knew that they would have to pay a bloody and expensive price for landing in Japan. In addition, Washington and London did not have confidence that after the defeat of the Japanese army in the metropolis, its numerous troops in Asia also capitulate. And even the preparation of the landing operation of such magnitude was fraught with great difficulties. For example, the USA needed to transfer considerable forces from Europe to the Pacific theater, having increased the Pacific grouping of troops. Evaluating the balance of power in the Far East in the summer of 1945, US-British allied intelligence reported that the offensive operations of the Soviet army were desirable for the success of the invasion of Japan by the crane.
Therefore, the Potsdam Conference was to finally approve the entry of the USSR into the war with Japan. Not for nothing, having arrived in Potsdam, Truman declared that one of his main goals at the conference was to achieve the entry of the USSR into the war in the Far East. However, this did not take much effort. Moscow fulfilled its obligations to the allies and was itself interested in the war with Japan. More 28 in May, Moscow called the date of entry into the war - 8 in August 1945. According to the Crimean agreement, the Soviet army was to perform two or three months after Germany’s surrender, the Germans capitulated on May 8, therefore, the Soviet troops were ready to launch 8 in August.
During the Potsdam Conference many problems of the war in the Far East were discussed. The Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Antonov, said that the start of hostilities depends on negotiations with the Chinese side, that the aim of the Soviet offensive in the Far East is to defeat the Japanese troops in Manchuria and access to the Liaodong Peninsula. In general, negotiations on the USSR’s entry into the war against Japan were successful. The United States was satisfied.
The need for USSR assistance became even more obvious after the unsuccessful attempt of the USA, Britain and China to persuade Japan to surrender using the Potsdam Declaration of July 26 1945. Japan was given an ultimatum: to proclaim the immediate unconditional surrender of all armed forces; eliminate the power and influence of the military in the country; agree to the occupation; transfer all the occupied territories to the allies, including Taiwan and Korea; agree to the restriction of Japanese sovereignty over the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku; punishment of war criminals; establishment of a democratic regime in the country, etc.
The Potsdam Declaration was developed without the participation of the USSR and reflected the US desire to establish unilateral control over Japan, but its content was aimed at the early end of the Second World War and contributed to the establishment of peace in the Far East, so 8 August 1945 Moscow joined it.
Atomic strike on japan
The colossal successes of the Soviet system gave hope for the construction of a fair world order to all progressive mankind, therefore the USA wanted to show who the “master of the house” was. Washington decided to demonstrate to humanity the terrifying power of the new weapons - atomic weapons. 16 July 1945. The Americans conducted the first atomic bomb test and already 24 July. Truman gave the order to the commanders of the strategic USAF: "Drop the first special bomb ... approximately 3 August 1945 on one of the following objects: Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata, Hiroshima."
6 August 1945 was a terrible tragedy of the city of Hiroshima. The atomic bomb was airborne, occurred at about the height of 600 meters. The whole city disappeared in fire and smoke. Tens of thousands of houses and various buildings, located on an area of 14 square kilometers, burned down. More than 200 thousand people died, some at once, others in terrible agony, more than 160 thousand people were injured. 9 August Nagasaki suffered the same fate. As a result of two atomic strikes, more than 400 thousand people were killed and maimed. It was a crime against humanity, as it was mostly civilians who died.
There was no military need for an atomic strike. Japan was already doomed by the very course of the Second World War and the upcoming Soviet intervention. The use of atomic weapons, like the previous carpet bombing of Japanese cities, which also led to massive civilian casualties, did not sober the Japanese leadership, who continued to rely on dragging out the war. And the Japanese army was determined to continue the resistance. In fact, the atomic bombing of Japanese cities was a signal to humanity and the USSR. The masters of the West showed that they would not stop before any crime and mass sacrifice in order to establish their New World Order - a global concentration camp.
Agreement with China
Successful negotiations between the USSR and China completed political and diplomatic preparations for a war with Japan. In mid-June, the American Ambassador acquainted Chiang Kai-shek with the contents of the Yalta Agreement on the Far East. From June 30 to July 14 and immediately after the end of the Potsdam Conference, the Moscow talks between the governments of the USSR and China took place. 14 August 1945 was signed the Treaty of Friendship and Alliance between the USSR and the Republic of China and various special agreements. The governments of the USSR and China expressed their determination to strengthen the traditional friendship between the two powers, to assist each other in a joint struggle with Japan until its unconditional surrender.
A special agreement was concluded on Port Arthur. The latter was to become a naval base, accessible only to warships and merchant ships of the two powers. The defense of Port Arthur was entrusted to the USSR. The agreement on the port of Dalniy (Dalian, Dairen) declared it a free port, open for trade and shipping of all countries. The agreement on the China Changchun Railway provided for the joint operation of this line, in which the CER and the South Manchurian Railway were united.
A special agreement was devoted to the issue of relations between the Soviet commander in chief and the Chinese administration after the entry of Soviet troops into Manchuria. Moscow reaffirmed China’s sovereignty over this territory seized by the Japanese in 1931. In combat zones, supreme power belonged to the Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet troops. After the end of hostilities, the power passed to the Chinese administration.
In addition, in the notes of the ministers of foreign affairs, Moscow again emphasized that it was considering Northeastern China (Manchuria) as an integral part of China and did not intend to interfere in the internal affairs of China, particularly in Xinjiang province. The governments exchanged notes on the independence of the Mongolian People’s Republic (MPR). Prior to this, the Kuomintang did not recognize the Mongolian People's Republic as a sovereign state, considering it a part of China called Outer Mongolia. Now China has recognized the independence of Mongolia within the existing borders, if, after the surrender, the plebiscite of Mongolia confirms its desire for independence.
8 August 1945 The Soviet government declared to the Japanese ambassador in Moscow that from the next day the USSR would consider itself at war with Japan. 9 August 1945, the Soviet Army launched an offensive. The war began with Japan, which ended World War II. Historical justice has triumphed. From the USSR it was a fair war. Japan had to pay for the mistake of 1904 of the year and numerous subsequent hostile actions against the Russian (Soviet) civilization.
To be continued ...
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