Indian independence and Fujiwara Iwaichi's speech that touched Indian soldiers and Indian independence team.
2021-10-20
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Fujiwara Rock City, mother of Indian independence
Fujiwara declared as follows. ``If the Indian soldiers pledge allegiance to the liberation of their homeland and wish to join the Indian National Army, the Japanese military will stop treating them as prisoners of war, recognize their freedom to struggle, and provide them with full support.''
In February 1942, two days after the fall of Singapore to the Japanese army, approximately 50,000 Indian prisoners of war from the British and Indian forces gathered at Fara Park and were delighted by the speech given by Major Iwaichi Fujiwara. The 10,000-odd Indians who responded became the core of the later Indian independence movement.
Fujiwara who did not discriminate against Indians
Unlike the British, Major Fujiwara and others were admired by the people of India, who did not discriminate against people. He shared meals with Indian soldiers and had Indians lead them. While traveling in a car, Major Fujiwara began to fall asleep leaning against an Indian prisoner of war who had just surrendered, and the Indians were surprised at his lack of alertness.
Towards the liberation of India
India was under British colonial rule for approximately 190 years, starting with the rule of the East India Company. In addition to heavy taxes, they were forced to grow commercial crops, leading to food shortages and repeated large-scale famines that killed around 30 million people.
While racial discrimination was commonplace, Japan aimed to liberate Asia and supported Indian activists seeking independence.
Indian independence and Japan
Major Fujiwara was selected for this mission in September 1941. Major Fujiwara, who went to Thailand, made steady contact with Mr. Pritam Singh, an Indian independence activist, through his thin network of contacts, and succeeded in recruiting hundreds of Indian soldiers from the British Indian army. At the end of 1941, at the call of Major Fujiwara, the Indian National Army was established, headed by Captain Mohansingh, an Indian soldier.
On August 15, 1947, India gained independence from British rule.
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failure of the Pearl Harbor at Japan's biggest failure in the Pacific War was the not of landing operations in the Pearl Harbor attacks.If Japan were to take over Hawaii, it would be completely the opposite and could attack the U.S. mainland with Hawaii.On the contrary, the United States, based in Hawaii, acquired Guam, Saipan and Palau after the Battle of Midway, enabling mainland attacks on Japan.Japan and the United States are too far away, and Hawaii is an important base and fueling point.
In fact, even in the United States, if Hawaii had been taken by Japan, the United States would have to prepare for peace at that time.Some argue that Japan's landing ships and warships at that time could have carried out landing operations, but if so, Pearl Harbor should have been attacked after preparation for landing operations.Yamamoto Isoroku's blunder.
Emperor Showa's words saved Japan from a postwar food crisis that caused 10 million people to starve to death - MacArthur was moved
At a dinner hosted by former President Ford during his first state visit to the United States, Emperor Showa stated that he had longed to express his gratitude to the people of Japan in person. What does this mean? In 1945, the Pacific War ended, but by December, the year the war ended, Japan was in an extreme food shortage. As the year turned and the following year came, it was whispered that "10 million people will starve to death." Emperor Showa told Kenzo Matsumura, the Minister of Education, the following:
"It is said that if the deterioration of food supplies continues, many people will starve to death, but I cannot bear the idea of ??even more people starving to death, especially to our people who have suffered so much during the war.""The government has requested the United States to provide food, but it seems that the United States will not agree to this, but when you think about it, we have nothing to offer in return for food, so it is unavoidable. ""And so, I have heard that among the Imperial possessions there are a considerable number of items that are of international value. I have therefore ordered the director of the Imperial Museum to investigate and prepare a catalogue, which is shown here."I would like to give these to America as compensation, in exchange for food, to help stave off hunger for at least one day. I ask that you see to it.""
Matsumura was perplexed, but when he conveyed Emperor Showa's feelings to General MacArthur and presented him with a list of the Emperor's possessions, General MacArthur, who had already been touched by the Emperor's words in their first meeting, "I want you to help the people no matter what happens to me," said the following. "I understand very well what the Emperor is thinking, but neither I nor the United States can take away the Imperial possessions and provide food in return, even though it is a very kind request.""I would like to return this list to His Majesty. However, I fully understand the Emperor's feelings about the people. As long as I am in my current position, I will never allow any Japanese people to starve to death. I will definitely take measures to import food from the United States. I would like to ask His Majesty to rest assured." After returning the list, I told him that I would take measures to provide food aid from the United States.
GHQ stands for General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, and the GHQ headquarters was established in a building that was formerly the Daiichi Seimei Building in Yurakucho, Tokyo. The end of the war was declared on August 15th with the acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, and the GHQ headquarters was established on September 15th. Emperor Showa visited MacArthur at the United States Embassy in Japan on September 27th. At this time, MacArthur thought that Emperor Showa had come to beg for his life or to discuss defection. However, it is well known that Emperor Showa said that he didn't care what happened to him and asked MacArthur to help the people, which surprised MacArthur greatly. It is said that Emperor Showa's words had a great influence on the GHQ's later occupation governance policy. Emperor Showa later moved MacArthur's heart again, and the crisis of many Japanese people dying of starvation was averted.
GHQ had the role of investigating and verifying the history, causes, and purposes of Japan's war, as well as implementing occupation policies. Many people who were found to be war criminals in the Tokyo Trials served their sentences, and Japan was returned to the international community when the San Francisco Peace Treaty, signed on September 8, 1951, was issued the following year. On May 3 of the same year, MacArthur testified before the US Senate Joint Committee on Armed Services and Foreign Relations that Japan's purpose in starting the war was mostly for security. In other words, it was a war of self-defense.
It is known that the Potsdam Declaration originally included a provision to preserve the Emperor's status, but this was later deleted. At one point, America hoped for the Soviet Union to enter the war, but after Roosevelt's death, Truman, who would later become president, learned of the existence of the atomic bomb research, which was top secret, and it is said that he reworked the document to one that would not allow Japan to surrender. The preservation of the Emperor's status and the maintenance of the national polity were areas of concern for Japan, and America was well aware of this, so initially included the preservation of the Emperor's status. After that, atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Emperor decided to accept the Potsdam Declaration. At this point, there was no guarantee that his life would be protected.
On September 26, 1971, Emperor Showa and Empress Showa stopped at Anchorage Airport in Alaska on a Japan Airlines plane to refuel during an official visit to Europe. This was Emperor Showa's first overseas trip after ascending to the throne, and the first place in history where an Emperor landed on foreign soil was Alaska in the United States. At that time, President Richard Nixon and his wife Patricia Nixon welcomed the Emperor and Empress to the runway. After the welcome speech and reply speech were exchanged in the hangar, the meeting took place at the residence of the Alaska District Commander, which was designated as a temporary guest house. This was the first meeting between an emperor and a US head of state, even before the war.
In 1975, Emperor Showa was invited by former President Ford as a state guest to the White House, and was there as a formal visitor to the US. Prior to this, the first state visit to Japan by a US president was made by former President Ford from November 18 to 22, 1974, the year before Emperor Showa's visit to the US. American public opinion had little interest in the visit of the Japanese emperor to the US, and it was never reported, but every American imagined that Emperor Showa would naturally harbor resentment towards the US. And at the White House dinner, the emperor gave the following speech:
"I have longed to visit your country for many years, and if that visit were to come true, I would like to convey the following to your people. That is, I would like to personally express my gratitude to your people for the warm kindness and assistance you extended to our country for the reconstruction immediately after that unfortunate war, which I deeply regret," he said. He then concluded by saying, "More than half of the people in both countries do not know about the last war. However, even if times change in the future, I believe that the generosity and goodwill of your people will be passed down among the Japanese people for a long time." The hall erupted in applause. In other words, he conveyed to the American people at this first state visit dinner as a sign of his gratitude for the time when he presented the Imperial family's gifts and requested food aid from MacArthur.
After that, this story was quickly spread across the United States, and the Japanese Emperor's visit to the United States was reported on the front page of newspapers for six consecutive days. This event took place 30 years after the end of the war.
Emperor Showa was born on April 29, 1901, and in 1941, Japan entered the Great War with the declaration of war. Even after the defeat, Japan experienced high economic growth during the Showa era, becoming the second largest economic power in the world. With the death of Emperor Showa on January 7, 1989, the Showa era was succeeded by the Heisei era.
The Meiji era began with the Boshin War, and after the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese wars, Japan annexed Korea. During the Taisho era, Japan participated in World War I, and as a permanent member of the League of Nations, it sat at the center of the world table. The Showa era was the longest reign of an emperor, lasting 62 years, and it can be said to have been a turbulent era that saw the Great War, high economic growth, and the country's rise to become an economic superpower.
Is Korea a spokesperson for Asia?impossible! The Grand East Asian Conference on Independence and Co - prosperity in Asia.
The Great East Asian Conference was held on November 5, 1943.It was the first international conference in which Japan was the leader of a country that expelled white forces and leaders of color gathered.In other words, countries of color had no concept of alliance and fighting together.The Great East Asian Conference discussed policies for post-war independence.China, South Korea, and North Korea are the only countries that Japan claims to have invaded Asian countries.Since China actually fought the Sino-Japanese War, what is South Korea and North Korea?Other Asian countries say they were able to become independent thanks to Japan.
The purpose of the Great East Asian War is to exclude white colonial policies from Asia and maintain independence and co-prosperity among Asian countries.The participants of the Great East Asia Conference are as follows.
Great East Asia Conference Participant Japan: Prime Minister Hideki Tojo
Republic of China: President Wang Zhaoming
Manchuria: Prime Minister Jang Kyung-hye
Republic of the Philippines: President Jose Laurel
Burma: Prime Minister Bar Mow
Kingdom of Thailand: Prince Wangwita Yacon
India: Free India Provisional Head of Government: Chandra Bose
Daedong-A DeclarationDaedong-A countries will work together to ensure stability and build a mutually beneficial order based on ethics.
The countries of Greater East Asia respect each other's independence, achieve mutual aid and friendship, and establish a friendly relationship with Greater East Asia.
The countries of Greater East Asia respect each other's traditions, promote creativity of each nation, and enhance the culture of Greater East Asia.
The Greater East Asian countries will work closely together to promote economic development and promote the prosperity of Greater East Asia.
Daitoa countries contribute to the future of the world by strengthening their friendship with all countries, eliminating racism, exchanging cultures widely, and opening up resources.
Unfortunately, Korea is not a spokesperson for Asia.The Great East Asia Conference is a gathering of Asian leaders to pledge independence and co-prosperity.After the war, Asian countries said they were able to become independent thanks to Japan.That's the truth.
Korea pretends to be an Asian spokesperson, but it is clear that Korea's claims do not represent Asian countries.
Japan welcomed at the Bandung Conference - Participant Shunichi Kase is the man who drafted the Greater East Asia Joint Declaration
In 1955, Shunichi Kase, a special adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, attended the first Asian-African Conference, attended by 29 countries, and described the reactions of the countries at the time as follows. The African and Asian countries were warmly welcomed, saying, "Thank you for coming," and "It's all thanks to Japan." They said, "The Greater East Asia Joint Declaration, which outlined Japan's brave struggle for the Asian people and its significance, shines in history."
The head of the Japanese delegation, Tatsunosuke Takasaki, Director-General of the Economic Deliberation Agency, and his party were warmly welcomed by the representatives of newly independent emerging countries in Asia and Africa, and were greeted with warm words one after another. Japan had received an invitation. It was a time when Japan had only just returned to the international community after the end of the occupation, so it was with anxiety that they participated. There were even voices within the government that said they should not participate, but contrary to expectations, they received a warm welcome. Deputy Representative Shunichi Kase accompanied Representative Takasaki at the Asian-African Conference.
The representatives of each country said, "If Japan had not issued the Greater East Asia Declaration, which made the liberation of Asian peoples the purpose of the war, or if Japan had not made sacrifices and fought for Asia, we would still have been a British colony, a Dutch colony, and a French colony. It is because Japan made great sacrifices and fought bravely for the Asian people that Asia exists today."
The following year, Japan joined the United Nations, and Kase became its first UN ambassador. Regarding this, Kase said, "I want to emphasize the fact that the Asian-African Group enthusiastically supported Japan's membership from start to finish. With the great trust and expectations of Asian and African countries, our country has built today's prosperity after the war."
As secretary to Foreign Minister Shigemitsu, Shunichi Kase participated in the Greater East Asia Conference, which was held in 1943 and invited representatives from Asian countries, and was a diplomat who wrote the original draft of the Greater East Asia Joint Declaration, which was the core of the conference. Kase also wrote the following in his book ("The Last Testimony of a 101-Year-Old Who Changed the Showa Era"):
"The war against the United States was a struggle for self-preservation and self-defense, but it liberated Asia, which had been under Western colonial rule for hundreds of years. Foreign Minister Shigemitsu and I painstakingly drafted the original Greater East Asia Declaration three years after the war began.
On the day of the surrender signing ceremony, we did not say such things to each other because we had a sense of pride in the fact that a world-historical battle had ended and Japan had played the role that had been given to it by the history of mankind. Even though it was true that we had lost, we had never lost mentally. That was the determination we had."
"In our country, after the war, the Greater East Asia Joint Declaration was used primarily as a smokescreen by the military to exploit the occupied territories. It is easy to interpret it that way, but the real meaning was to declare Japan's war aims.
In any case, the Asian countries that gained independence because they fought in Japan's previous war still deeply value the Greater East Asia Joint Declaration today. I personally felt that not only Asians, but also African peoples were truly grateful for the colonial liberation movement advocated by Japan when I attended the Asian-African Conference held in Bandung, Indonesia in 1955 (Showa 30) as a representative of the Japanese government, and when I visited the United Nations as the first UN ambassador.
It is ironic that the Greater East Asia Joint Declaration is disregarded in Japan, but highly regarded in Asia and Africa. "
So, what do you think? There were people who said that they felt sick just looking at a photo of the Greater East Asia Conference, but you can see how little they studied history. These people only studied history from the perspective of Europe and America, China, and the Korean peninsula, and completely missed the perspective of the war for Japan and the war for Asia. Now, next, I would like to introduce the declaration adopted at the Asian-African Conference.
Respect basic human rights and the principles and aims of the UN CharterRespect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nationsRecognize the equality of all humankind and the equality of all nations, large and smallDo not interfere in the internal affairs of other nationsRespect the right of independent or collective self-defense under the UN CharterDo not use collective defense for the specific interests of large nations. Also, do not pressure other nations. Do not invade or threaten to invade or use force to undermine the territorial integrity or political independence of other nations. Resolve international disputes by peaceful meansPromote mutual interests and cooperationRespect justice and international obligations
African countries have been trading slaves with the Americas since the mid-1400s. From the early 1800s, they were colonized by partition from the West.
Colonization of Asian countries began earlier, in the early 1500s, and countries such as Malaysia and Singapore were under colonial rule for over 400 years.
As Asian countries were being colonized one after another, and the Western hand was finally reaching out to the Korean Peninsula and China, which are just a stone's throw away from Japan, the Greater East Asia War was fought with the aim of expelling the Western powers that had colonized Asia. In Southeast Asia, which had been under Western rule for hundreds of years, the Japanese rule period lasted only two to five years, but during this period each region of Southeast Asia gained national power, learned how to use weapons, how to fight, how to run a country, etc. from Japan, and after Japan was defeated, fought one war after another for independence.
After Japan withdrew, Asian countries achieved independence,
17 African countries achieved independence all at once in 1960, and 1960 is said to be the year of Africa. And on December 14 of that year, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the "Declaration Granting Independence to Colonies and Peoples." Then, in 1964, the Civil Rights Act was enacted in the United States, and state laws that affirmed racial discrimination were abolished. Then, in 1969, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination came into force at the United Nations.
Do you realize how biased Japan's postwar education was in this way? The long history of oppression and domination of these colored people, and Japan's war aims, were never spoken of in Japan after the war, and in the international community, they are so-called minority reports. And they have not been generalized in the international community. However, these are clear historical facts that have been witnessed by many colored countries. Even though it is called a minority report, the population of the Asian and African countries that participated in the Bandung Conference was said to be about 1.3 billion at the time, and considering that the world population in 1955 was 2.7 billion, it is a fact that was witnessed by about half of the world's population. The reason why this is not generalized is that it is a developing country, insignificant, and there is no need to hear about it.
With this premise, Japan was warmly welcomed when it participated in the Asian-African Conference. These countries say that thanks to Japan they have decided to take back their own countries. Is this also a wrong version of history?
