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Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by mysticwarrior(m): 10:06am On Dec 17, 2017
.The second world war was a violent and unprecedented military confrontations from 1939 to 1945, it was a wild spread and the most brutal war in the history of human warfare. It was a global conflicts involving about a 100million persons from more than 30 different countries around the world, with 85 million casualties ranging from military personnel to civilians. The war which started with the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Poland 1939, witnessed an all arm struggle of superiorities between the Axis led by Germans and the allies. The war ended in 1945 with the German unconditional surrender, but some historians have laid arguments on the nation that actually ended the war, some say it was the Americans and others said it was the USSR( Russians). The American greatest achievement of the war was the Atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, while the Russians successfully defeated the Germans army in a direct confrontations, who among these two nations actually brought the war to an end?

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Lovetinz(m): 10:38am On Dec 17, 2017
America's greatest contribution to the war is not the atomic bomb.
Money wins wars.
The United States provided men, heavy arms, and money.
At a time the industrial capacity of all belligerents was at its lowest ebb. The industrial capacity of the US was massively deployed (tanks, ships, artillery, planes and food!) in aid of allied was efforts.
That industrial capacity was the major determinant of allied victory.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by mysticwarrior(m): 11:01am On Dec 17, 2017
Lovetinz:
America's greatest contribution to the war is not the atomic bomb.
Money wins wars.
The United States provided men, heavy arms, and money.
At a time the industrial capacity of all belligerents was at its lowest ebb. The industrial capacity of the US was massively deployed (tanks, ships, artillery, planes and food!) in aid of allied was efforts.
That industrial capacity was the major determinant of allied victory.
you forgot that the Americans never had a direct confrontation with the German army until the Germans were defeated in the Russia, of the 4 million Germans who participated in the invasion less then 80 thousand returned to Germany alive. I will have to give the credit to the Russians.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by mysticwarrior(m): 11:02am On Dec 17, 2017
Lovetinz:
America's greatest contribution to the war is not the atomic bomb.
Money wins wars.
The United States provided men, heavy arms, and money.
At a time the industrial capacity of all belligerents was at its lowest ebb. The industrial capacity of the US was massively deployed (tanks, ships, artillery, planes and food!) in aid of allied was efforts.
That industrial capacity was the major determinant of allied victory.
you forgot that the Americans never had a direct confrontation with the German army until the Germans were defeated in Russia. of the 4 million Germans who participated in the invasion less then 80 thousand returned to Germany alive. I will have to give the credit to the Russians.
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by timesup234: 11:44am On Dec 17, 2017
mysticwarrior:
you forgot that the Americans never had a direct confrontation with the German army until the Germans were defeated in the Russia, of the 4 million Germans who participated in the invasion less then 80 thousand returned to Germany alive. I will have to give the credit to the Russians.
The Red Army saved humanity

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Nobody: 12:41pm On Dec 17, 2017
However you choose to look at it,you need to keep in mind that there were two ends to World War II in which both the USSR and the USA {and its allies if I must add} played pivotal roles that must never be over-looked by anyone. Having said that,I would like to credit the USSR with ending the 2nd World War in Europe or V-E{Victory in Europe}. On the other hand,however,the USA must be credited to a large extent with closing the 2nd theatre of the 2nd World War in Asia with the Victory over Imperial Japan. The atomic bombs did the trick there. Both powers must learn to share the spoils in this regard.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Nobody: 12:45pm On Dec 17, 2017
However you choose to look at it,you need to keep in mind that there were two ends to World War II[V-E:Victory In Europe & V-J:Victory Over Japan] in which both the USSR and the USA {and its allies if I must add} played pivotal roles that must never be over-looked by anyone. Having said that,I would like to credit the USSR with ending the 2nd World War in Europe or V-E{Victory in Europe}. On the other hand,however,the USA must be credited to a large extent with closing the 2nd theatre of the 2nd World War in Asia with the Victory over Imperial Japan. The atomic bombs did the trick there. Both powers must learn to share the spoils in this regard.
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Nobody: 1:00pm On Dec 17, 2017
[quote author=mysticwarrior post=63356848 the most brutal war in the history of human warfare. It was a global conflicts involving about a 100million persons from more than 30 different countries around the world, with 85 million casualties ranging from military personnel to civilians. The war which started with the German invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Poland 1939, witnessed an all arm struggle of superiorities between the Axis led by Germans and the allies. THE WAR ENDED IN 1945 WITH THE GERMAN unconditional SURRENDER[/quote] @Bolded Not total true. 50% The German surrender did not end the 2nd World War. The war raged on in Asia and the Pacific where the Japanese,as the last of the Axis powers carried on with the resistance until the Nagasaki and Hiroshima drama. The German surrender signaled the end of the war in Europe or V-E as historians term it but it did not end the war in its totality-at least not until Japan capitulated in the August of 1945. Let's not forget that. Nice thread.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by mysticwarrior(m): 2:18pm On Dec 17, 2017
impressive contribution, you are right to an extend but let me quickly remind you that the Germans started the war and it ended when the Germans were defeated.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by MONITZ: 12:03am On Dec 18, 2017
The 2 rules of warfare re firstly never to march on Russia,and the second rule is still never march on Russia lest u get defeated like the Germans and Napoleon Bonaparte were by the resilience and resolve of the average Russian soldier who is not easily cowed or subdued like the young officer who called the military on himself to take him out when he saw that he had been located by the so called good terrorists of the US of A....

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Nobody: 1:56am On Dec 18, 2017
@mysticwarrior The Japanese could/would have carried on fighting despite losing their main axis allies,you know? That fact is not to be over-looked.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Nobody: 2:06am On Dec 18, 2017
@MONITZ Hitler should have stuck to the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and saved himself the misery. He should have maintained the policy of non-aggression(as contained in the agreement) against the USSR but I think he was fulled by the hiccups suffered by the USSR against the Finns during the 2nd Russo-Finnish[1939-40] hence his rash decision to invade.
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by mysticwarrior(m): 8:16am On Dec 18, 2017
the American army wouldn't have been able to face the German army during the early stages of the war, then the German army was so formidable that it was sometimes quoted as being invincible. the Japanese would have been stopped by the Russians, the USSR also crushed the Japanese army during the soviet invasion of Manchuria and that was one of the reasons the Japanese surrendered. After the German defeat in leningrad, Stalingrad, Kursk, and in the rest part of USSR, the Russians took the fight to Germany, and completely ravaged all German battalions and divisions with a fisted hand, it should be noted that it was the best German generals commanding the best divisions with the best weapons of war, but with all these the USSR still obliterated the German army, the defeat was colossal, and I still give credit to the RED ARMY.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by MONITZ: 9:18am On Dec 18, 2017
mansakhalifa:
@MONITZ Hitler should have stuck to the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and saved himself the misery. He should have maintained the policy of non-aggression(as contained in the agreement) against the USSR but I think he was fulled by the hiccups suffered by the USSR against the Finns during the 2nd Russo-Finnish[1939-40] hence his rash decision to invade.


He was overly ambitious and this made him push his luck too far which eventually led to his end..

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Cynate(f): 2:59pm On Dec 18, 2017
Having be to German museums
Most German hate Russia(USSR) for what, USSR did during the war.
US and allied only showed up when the war was moving against the German military.
USSR won the WW2
More than 20 millions of their citizens where killed.

Italian supported Nazi during the war
Italian government blamed Hitler for attacking USSR.
Nazi would have won the war, if not for Nazi attacked on USSR cos Stalin was only preparing to fight Japan not Nazi

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by mysticwarrior(m): 7:00pm On Dec 18, 2017
Cynate:
Having be to German museums
Most German hate Russia(USSR) for what, USSR did during the war.
US and allied only showed up when the war was moving against the German military.
USSR won the WW2
More than 20 millions of their citizens where killed.

Italian supported Nazi during the war
Italian government blamed Hitler for attacking USSR.
Nazi would have won the war, if not for Nazi attacked on USSR cos Stalin was only preparing to fight Japan not Nazi


you are absolutely correct, your analysis are very accurate and you observations were outstanding, knowing fully well that this is coming from a woman is exceptional, you remind me of a British female historian called Bethany Hughes.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Cynate(f): 9:19pm On Dec 18, 2017
mysticwarrior:
you are absolutely correct, your analysis are very accurate and you observations were outstanding, knowing fully well that this is coming from a woman is exceptional, you remind me of a British female historian called Bethany Hughes.
I took history course in my school
Italian don't joke with history and we travelled visiting almost all the historical site.
I have many friends who their grandma and Ma fought during the war.
All blamed Hilter for attacking USSR

We have some Russians citizen in my school then and we all discussed what happen and why Nazi lost the war

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by chic2pimp(m): 12:08pm On Dec 19, 2017
Sir Winston Churchill and The British Armed Forces smiley
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by mysticwarrior(m): 3:43pm On Dec 19, 2017
chic2pimp:
Sir Winston Churchill and The British Armed Forces smiley
and we would appreciate it if you could give us detail analysis on how he did that?
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by romme2u: 2:44pm On Dec 21, 2017
The Americans love coming late to such party so as to take the glory after the contestants must have exhausted their strength.

American loss in the pacific was terrific because of direct confrontation in a conventional setting that their veterans who survived like JFK had to brag about their near-death-experience (NDE) during election campaign.

Despite Churchill and de Gaulle's plea for America to land troops on European soil to enable them confront Hitler's army, the later hesitated because of their severe loss in the pacific theater instead decided to send weapons, food and other war materials to the French who had deserted their country to the invaders and UK who was just hanging by a thread until the Germans started suffering heavy defeat to the Russians in more or less a fist fight.

The pacific theater was bloody as the Japanese imperial army was so brutal that they pursue Americans down to pearl harbour. If not the dispirited Chinese, weary from their fierce civil war joined ranks to pushed the advancing Japanese, liberating Korea in the process.

The Americans reasoned among themselves that if the Japanese who were not as advanced in direct confrontations as the German's blitzkrieg (can't remember the spelling of their lightening attack method that subdue Poland in seven days) could deal with them then there is no need to tackle the Germans directly to avoid holocaust grin.

The Americans decided to avoid direct confrontation with a strong enemy banking on weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a strategy they are still using till today and probably into the future as they are building robotic soldiers for rugged direct confrontation in a conventional setting.

The American troops landed at western France in the spring of 1945 when the Russians had pursued the Germans close to Berlin. Cleaning up what had remained of the German Army.

Deploying the Atomic bomb (which was started by the Germans) was a game-changer (actually in favour of the Japanese) as the Japanese weary from the Chinese onslaught decided to call it a day seeing what the Russians who were their bitter enemy had done to the Germans their strongest ally and their hope.

The Japs made a wise decision because with the fall of Nazi Germany, the Russians would have taken their pound of flesh for the atrocities of the 1812 Russo-Japanese war.

If not for the atomic bomb, the combined forces of the rugged Soviet Union, the willy Americans and the determined Chinese would have annihilated Japan from the surface of the earth. In fact what happened to Germany would have been a child's play as Japan would have ceased to be a nation.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by abubaka101: 8:17pm On Dec 21, 2017
Cynate:
Having be to German museums
Most German hate Russia(USSR) for what, USSR did during the war.
US and allied only showed up when the war was moving against the German military.
USSR won the WW2
More than 20 millions of their citizens where killed.

Italian supported Nazi during the war
Italian government blamed Hitler for attacking USSR.
Nazi would have won the war, if not for Nazi attacked on USSR cos Stalin was only preparing to fight Japan not Nazi



Joseph Stalin never expected the Germans to attack at all. Himself and Hitler had signed a treaty that ought o have kept Germany out of Russia and vice versa. But Hitler threw away dat agreement and attacked Russia instead. A truly big mistake.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by abubaka101: 8:31pm On Dec 21, 2017
romme2u:
The Americans love coming late to such party so as to take the glory after the contestants must have exhausted their strength.

American loss in the pacific was terrific because of direct confrontation in a conventional setting that their veterans who survived like JFK had to brag about their near-death-experience (NDE) during election campaign.

Despite Churchill and de Gaulle's plea for America to land troops on European soil to enable them confront Hitler's army, the later hesitated because of their severe loss in the pacific theater instead decided to send weapons, food and other war materials to the French who had deserted their country to the invaders and UK who was just hanging by a thread until the Germans started suffering heavy defeat to the Russians in more or less a fist fight.

The pacific theater was bloody as the Japanese imperial army was so brutal that they pursue Americans down to pearl harbour. If not the dispirited Chinese, weary from their fierce civil war joined ranks to pushed the advancing Japanese, liberating Korea in the process.

The Americans reasoned among themselves that if the Japanese who were not as advanced in direct confrontations as the German's blitzkrieg (can't remember the spelling of their lightening attack method that subdue Poland in seven days) could deal with them then there is no need to tackle the Germans directly to avoid holocaust grin.

The Americans decided to avoid direct confrontation with a strong enemy banking on weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a strategy they are still using till today and probably into the future as they are building robotic soldiers for rugged direct confrontation in a conventional setting.

The American troops landed at western France in the spring of 1945 when the Russians had pursued the Germans close to Berlin. Cleaning up what had remained of the German Army.

Deploying the Atomic bomb (which was started by the Germans) was a game-changer (actually in favour of the Japanese) as the Japanese weary from the Chinese onslaught decided to call it a day seeing what the Russians who were their bitter enemy had done to the Germans their strongest ally and their hope.

The Japs made a wise decision because with the fall of Nazi Germany, the Russians would have taken their pound of flesh for the atrocities of the 1812 Russo-Japanese war.

If not for the atomic bomb, the combined forces of the rugged Soviet Union, the willy Americans and the determined Chinese would have annihilated Japan from the surface of the earth. In fact what happened to Germany would have been a child's play as Japan would have ceased to be a nation.

Your analysis is confusing (no disrespect).

You do realise dat that d Americans practiced/kept demselves isolated from global politics and so could not have ever bothered about joining d to war when it started in 1939.

Plus you do realise dat d US did not join d war, and had no real interest, until d Japanese dropped bombs at pearl harbour, and dat was the closet attack on us soil.

Plus I can't remember there ever being a Russo-Japanese war in 1812, I'm only familiar with the one of 1904-05.
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by romme2u: 1:48pm On Dec 22, 2017
abubaka101:


Your analysis is confusing (no disrespect).

You do realise dat that d Americans practiced/kept demselves isolated from global politics and so could not have ever bothered about joining d to war when it started in 1939.

Plus you do realise dat d US did not join d war, and had no real interest, until d Japanese dropped bombs at pearl harbour, and dat was the closet attack on us soil.

Plus I can't remember there ever being a Russo-Japanese war in 1812, I'm only familiar with the one of 1904-05.


angry
Understanding what i wrote is up to the reader.

America isolated from global politics during world war 1. A lot of things brought America to world politics including the great depression of the late 1920's and early 1930's.

America joined the war long before pearl habour as herself and Japan were struggling for territories throughout south-east Asia and the pacific.

Russia and Japan have been laying claim on some islands and fishing territories since the 17th century resulting in skirmishes from time to time, which prompted Putin and Abe to enter into series of agreements sometime early this year on joint resource exploration in the disputed region.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by NIJJAking(m): 5:46pm On Dec 22, 2017
I have read the history of the second world war several times and I concluded that it was only God and no human actually won the war just as God also stopped the Napoleon conquest. The Germans were absolutely unmatched by any contemporary military. They have defeated the french and english army , and to a large extent the Russian army. The Americans were jittery to fight having observed the strenght of the Germans. The war changed when God decided to step in and stopped the advancement of the german war machine using nothing but icy cold weather that knocked down their weapon. This gave the Russians ample time to get over the shock of the german attack and arm themselves to fight back and eventually reclaim their country. And later german was defeated.
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by mysticwarrior(m): 7:20pm On Dec 22, 2017
NIJJAking:
I have read the history of the second world war several times and I concluded that it was only God and no human actually won the war just as God also stopped the Napoleon conquest. The Germans were absolutely unmatched by any contemporary military. They have defeated the french and english army , and to a large extent the Russian army. The Americans were jittery to fight having observed the strenght of the Germans. The war changed when God decided to step in and stopped the advancement of the german war machine using nothing but icy cold weather that knocked down their weapon. This gave the Russians ample time to get over the shock of the german attack and arm themselves to fight back and eventually reclaim their country. And later german was defeated.
judging from your analysis, one can tell that you are only trying to use spiritual interpretations to justify the reality of what actually happened in the USSR during the war, saying that God used "Icy cold weather to knock down the Germans and their weapons" is totally unacceptable in accordance to military history. we all know that Hitler ignore warnings from his general to attack the USSR, and the Germans were not familiar with the brutal conditions of the Russian winter which was much more deadly than the soviet army, and the Germans were not prepared to negotiate and acclimatized with the vicious Russian weather. and it should be noted that it was during winter that the Germans suffered much casualties, winter never came during summer time throughout the 900days that the Germans laid siege in Leningrad, and I don't think there was any divine intervention to the German defeat, cos the USSR was far from being religious to the extend of making supplications for divine interventions.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Appleyard(m): 2:07pm On Dec 23, 2017
Lovetinz:
America's greatest contribution to the war is not the atomic bomb.
Money wins wars.
The United States provided men, heavy arms, and money.
At a time the industrial capacity of all belligerents was at its lowest ebb. The industrial capacity of the US was massively deployed (tanks, ships, artillery, planes and food!) in aid of alliued was efforts.
That industrial capacity was the major determinant of allied victory.

Don't be a revisionist. The US did render great help especially at a time when most allied nations were stretched thin on the front lines....and considering the fact that The Germans were producing at a very high capacity, the American help was really critical.

But the positive aspect of the American help wasn't really in the supply of armament, as some would want to believe: it only help in stretching the Germans a bit more than they are already coping with especially against Soviet forces.

The fact remains that the US entered the war late, and at a time when German forces were already losing ground at some points on the front lines with the Russians. It was the Russians that actually did the dirty job on most occasions against the Germans, and that was part of the reasons they suffered such a huge casualties level compared to the US and other allied forces.

It was Soviet forces that marched into Berlin, not the Americans.

And another thing worth mentioning here is that, though money is very critical in waging war, but it doesn't win wars. Will power and the forces up there in the sky are those that determines war. History has proved that to be true.
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Appleyard(m): 2:14pm On Dec 23, 2017
mansakhalifa:
@MONITZ Hitler should have stuck to the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and saved himself the misery. He should have maintained the policy of non-aggression(as contained in the agreement) against the USSR but I think he was fulled by the hiccups suffered by the USSR against the Finns during the 2nd Russo-Finnish[1939-40] hence his rash decision to invade.

You are very correct.
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by Appleyard(m): 2:21pm On Dec 23, 2017
Cynate:
Having be to German museums
Most German hate Russia(USSR) for what, USSR did during the war.
US and allied only showed up when the war was moving against the German military.
USSR won the WW2
More than 20 millions of their citizens where killed.




Italian supported Nazi during the war
Italian government blamed Hitler for attacking USSR.
Nazi would have won the war, if not for Nazi attacked on USSR cos Stalin was only preparing to fight Japan not Nazi



Your analysis are right on point. If Hitler had stuck to his earlier plan, nothing would have stopped him. But I believe the cosmic rulers pushed him to attack Russia, knowing that's the only point at which he could be stopped, and they did stop him.
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by drakeli: 3:34pm On Dec 23, 2017
mysticwarrior:
impressive contribution, you are right to an extend but let me quickly remind you that the Germans started the war and it ended when the Germans were defeated.
Thats a wrong logic. It takes one person to start a fight. The person may be out of the fight while other aggrieved parties continue brawl. Germany was defeated, but the other stakeholders like japan continued causing terrible destruction to Pearl Harbor. Without Japan’s surrender, the war could have continued unabated.

In addition, Russia alone did not end the war in Europe. It’s a coalition of Britain and Russia with other European allies.

Germany surrendered in May 7, 1945 while the war continued till September 2, 1945. Four months. Without the atomic bombing, the war could have continued much longer without Germany.
Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by mysticwarrior(m): 5:32pm On Dec 23, 2017
drakeli:
Thats a wrong logic. It takes one person to start a fight. The person may be out of the fight while other aggrieved parties continue brawl. Germany was defeated, but the other stakeholders like japan continued causing terrible destruction to Pearl Harbor. Without Japan’s surrender, the war could have continued unabated.

In addition, Russia alone did not end the war in Europe. It’s a coalition of Britain and Russia with other European allies.

Germany surrendered in May 7, 1945 while the war continued till September 2, 1945. Four months. Without the atomic bombing, the war could have continued much longer without Germany.
pls do a thorough research before you come out with a boldface wrong analysis. the Germans army was still indomitable in the soviet union when the Japanese attacked Pearl harbor. the Japanese attacked pearl harbor on the 7th of Dec 1941 just six months following the German invasion of the USSR. secondly, the USSR defeated the Japanese army in Machuria and that was one of the major reasons the Japanese surrendered, The soviet union defeated the Germans in Europe and also subjugated the Japanese in Asia. thirdly, the Germans had alliance with the Italians, the fins, and the Romanians during the war, but after the Germans were defeated and the news of Hitler's death was announced, the German and their axis surrendered. I still maintain that the war ended after the Germans were defeated.

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by drakeli: 6:32pm On Dec 23, 2017
mysticwarrior:
pls do a thorough research before you come out with a boldface wrong analysis. the Germans army was still indomitable in the soviet union when the Japanese attacked Pearl harbor. the Japanese attacked pearl harbor on the 7th of Dec 1941 just six months following the German invasion of the USSR. secondly, the USSR defeated the Japanese army in Machuria and that was one of the major reasons the Japanese surrendered, The soviet union defeated the Germans in Europe and also subjugated the Japanese in Asia. thirdly, the Germans had alliance with the Italians, the fins, and the Romanians during the war, but after the Germans were defeated and the news of Hitler's death was announced, the German and their axis surrendered. I still maintain that the war ended after the Germans were defeated.

Emperor of Japan declaration of surrende[/b]r


To Our Good and loyal subjects:

After pondering deeply the general trends of the world and the actual conditions obtaining in Our Empire today, We have decided to effect a settlement of the present situation by resorting to an extraordinary measure.

We have ordered Our Government to communicate to the [b]Governments of the United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union
that Our Empire accepts the provisions of their Joint Declaration.[2]

To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations as well as the security and well-being of Our subjects is the solemn obligation which has been handed down by Our Imperial Ancestors, and which We lay close to heart. Indeed, [b]We declared war on America and Britain out of Our sincere desire to secure Japan's self-preservati[/b]on and the stabilization of East Asia, it being far from Our thought either to infringe upon the sovereignty of other nations or to embark upon territorial aggrandisement. But now the war has lasted for nearly four years. Despite the best that has been done by every one -- the gallant fighting of military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of Our servants of the State and the devoted service of Our one hundred million people, the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest. Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb,[3] the power of which to do damage is indeed incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization. Such being the case, how are We to save the millions of Our subjects; or to atone Ourselves before the hallowed spirits of Our Imperial Ancestors? This is the reason why We have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the Joint Declaration of the Powers.

We cannot but express the deepest sense of regret to Our Allied nations of East Asia, who have consistently cooperated with the Empire towards the emancipation of East Asia. The thought of those officers and men as well as others who have fallen in the fields of battle, those who died at their posts of duty, or those who met with untimely death and all their bereaved families, pains Our heart night and day. The welfare of the wounded and the war-sufferers, and of those who have lost their home and livelihood, are the objects of Our profound solicitude. The hardships and sufferings to which Our nation is to be subjected hereafter will be certainly great. We are keenly aware of the inmost feelings of all ye, Our subjects. However, it is according to the dictate of time and fate that We have resolved to pave the way for grand peace for all the generations to come by enduring the unendurable and suffering what is insufferable.

Having been able to safeguard and maintain the structure of the Imperial State, We are always with ye, Our good and loyal subjects, relying upon your sincerity and integrity. Beware most strictly of any outbursts of emotion which may endanger needless complications, or any fraternal contention and strife which may create confusion, lead ye astray and cause ye to lose the confidence of the world. Let the entire nation continue as one family from generation to generation, ever firm in its faith of the imperishableness of its divine land and mindful of its heavy burden of responsibilities, and the long road before it. Unite your total strength to be devoted to the construction for the future. Cultivate the ways of rectitudes; foster nobility of spirit; and work with resolution so as ye may enhance the innate glory of the Imperial State and keep place with the progress of the world.



Notes

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Re: Which Nation Brought The Second World War To An End by drakeli: 6:36pm On Dec 23, 2017
Read the declaration carefully. It’s in the bold why Japan surrender. The emperor even acknowledged Great Britain and US before Russia in the war according to his speech.

So stop saying Russia ended the war. The atomic bomb did. If not, the war could have continued. That’s from the mouth of the actual emperor himself. You were not there. Stop claiming what is not.

Who I’m I gonna believe? You? Or the Japanese people that gave the reason why they gave up. Japan and her Asian allies wanted to continue the war. The fear of destruction of their civilization by a bomb , the kind that had never been used before enforced their surrender. So Russia didn’t end the war. Their contributions to the war cannot be over emphasized. But the US ended the war.

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