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What did the Japanese realize they would have to do in order to survive?

They needed to Modernize.


Why was winter at Valley Forge important for the American army?

It improved their battle skills. It drilled discipline into their systems. It also taught them to survive in the harshest conditions.


Who was Japan's greatest naval hero destroying the mighty Russian Black Fleet in the Straits of Tsushima in 1905 during the Russo-Japanese War?

The "Mighty Russian Black Sea Fleet" wasn't in the war. It was the only fleet to survive the war; blocked into the Black Sea by treaty. Admiral Togo defeated the Russian battlewagons at Tsushima on 27 May 1905. But it was a good fight! Admiral Rozhestvensky "charged" his battleships into Togo's line, at least he fought! Another sea battle, which can go un-said, in 1916...the commanders turned and fled...so much for that battle! Note: Rozhestvensky commanded the "Baltic Fleet" later redesignated the "2nd Pacific Fleet/Squadron." The 1st Pacific Fleet was knocked out action at Port Arthur in 1904.


Why did the Japanese treat POW's so poorly?

I believe they didnt.it has been varified in many pictures and first person witness that they were brutal and against the Geneva convension.example....look up the death march in Bataan and it will lead you to other brutalities They treated their prisoners horribly. Surprisingly, the Germans treated their prisoners much better than the Japanese. That is why some Japanese were put on trial for war crimes. No, they did not. Soldiers that surrendered were, to the Japanese, cowards who should have died fighting. Additionally the Japanese culture, which had been largely isolated for centuries from outside influence, considered foreigners of all types to be barbaric. Thus they treated captured persons very poorly. Additionally the Japanese were short on logistics for much of the war so even if they had desired to properly clothe and feed captives, they would not have had the means. Japanese civilians lived on a yard of cloth a year for the war and the food was near starvation. Even soldiers in the field got little more than rice supplemented with local food. There wasn't much left to give POWs. Some hundreds of Japanese were executed after the war for war crimes against POWs. Most notable perhaps was the general who executed some of the Jimmy Dolittle bomber crew in Manchuria. There is also a well made but historically silly movie 'Bridge over the River Kwai' that captures to a slight extent, the conditions for POWs under the Japanese. NO - The details are not for the faint of heart. The Japanese themselves were having problem receiving food for their troops never mind for the soldiers. The captives were kept in confined spaces without proper clothing or food to survive the conditions. There were other examples of keeping soldiers alive long enough to gain information and then they were often executed. Japanese history prior to their involvement in WWII is gruesome but telling. If you need the information - Flyboys by James Bradley - the first 77 pages tells more than you will ever care to know. Some statistics point out true brutality. The POW death rates for Americans and British in WW2 were "normal" in that the overall death rate was about 4% in German POW camps. In Japanese POW camps, the rate of death tells a greatly different story. American and Western POW's faced a 17% death rate in Japanese POW camps.


Did ivor gurney survive the war?

yes he did survive ww1.

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