In the beginning of World War II, Japan invaded China, and at the beginning of the period, Japan adopted a step-by-step strategy, first conquering the northeast, gaining a firm foothold and establishing a base area, and then using the manpower and material resources of the northeast to fully produce and prepare materials for war preparation, expand the military, and build up strength for the annexation of the whole of China. A few years later, he launched 918 Lugou Bridge, Nanjing **731 and other invasion incidents, committing unforgivable heinous crimes of extermination of humanity in China. National hatred and national shame are unforgettable. During the 14 years of the Anti-Japanese War, Japan trampled on most of China, most cities were captured and occupied, and tens of millions of compatriots and refugees were displaced and starved and cold. According to relevant information, tens of millions of civilians and military personnel were killed as a result of looting. The looted wealth brought back to Japan included artifacts, gold and silver, treasures, timber, metal mines, coal, oracle bones, and more, estimated to be worth billions of dollars.
Take Shanghai as an example, the annual tax revenue that can be generated is 548.3 billion yuan, so the Japanese occupied it for 8 years, and the wealth plundered from Shanghai is as high as 44 trillion yuan, not counting the tax wealth income paid by the entire Northeast and other cities in the past 14 years. In my memory, when Japan was defeated and fled from Northeast China, all the machinery and equipment in Northeast China were removed, leaving only empty factories that were too late to move. Japan's war of aggression against China plundered the wealth that China had accumulated over thousands of years. Perhaps this wealth will last the Japanese for decades.
Why did Japan develop so quickly after the defeat of the war?There are two reasons, the first is that Japan was defeated and did not pay reparations to the victim countries, and the second is that the wealth of plundered China is at the bottom. Obviously, plundering China's wealth and the wealth of other Asian countries has emboldened Japan. Why did Japan invade China. At that time, there were three kinds of people in Japan, the first of which was the hardliners who fought the main battle represented by militarism, and occupied an absolutely dominant leadership position. At that time, Japan carried out innovation and reform, and industrial production, economy, and military development were rapidly and advanced, while the raw materials and materials for production became more and more scarce, so the hardliners represented by militarism wanted to conquer the whole of Asia by force under the banner of East Asian co-prosperity, and vainly wanted to turn all Asian countries, large and small, into Japanese production and processing plants, that is, they wanted to turn East Asian countries into Japanese colonies.
The second type of centrists, those who neither approve nor oppose, are tantamount to relinquishing the power to determine the fate of the country.
Unfortunately, the anti-war faction is too weak and is not the opponent of the main war faction, and the fate of the country is decided by the main war faction, so there was a war of aggression against China.
There may be three kinds of people who remember history and do not forget the national shame.
Why remember history.
Not forgetting history is like reviewing and summarizing the lessons of the past.
Only by not forgetting history can we achieve the heart of harming others and the heart of guarding against others.
Only by not forgetting history can we have a clear idea of what happens, and only when we encounter emergencies can we do not change our face and do not panic.