Because the Japanese fought to the death. They did not surrender.
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It greatly hurt the morale of the Japanese soldiers, so much so, that the Japanese government tried to hide the more gruesome details of his death from the general public in order to soften the blow.
Oh yes very much so. America looked upon their soldiers like they had single handily liberated Europe of Adolf Hitler's hateful destruction. There were parades and celebrations for a while.
The soldiers feared it so much because if you got caught in it without your gas mask or if your skin was exposed, it burned your skin. It was even worse if you inhaled it because it burned your lungs and your insides. It was a terrible way to die. This fear was the reason that Adolf Hitler did not use gas in World War Two because he was caught in a mustard gas attack. He survived but was horrified by the suffering around him because of the weapon.
Clearly, the Japanese Americans were much easier to spot. But the Italian and German Americans had it just as bad in their concentration camps, largely in Montana and Texas.
In terms of human lives it cost at least 130,000 Okinawan civilians, 100,000 Japanese soldiers and about 12,000 US American forces (plus 50,000 wounded).
Often through malnutrition and infectious diseases, Russian soldiers in German camps - and vice versa - and Allied soldiers in Japanese camps much more so than British and American soldiers in German camps. German prisoners of war were often shipped to the US and put to work there on farms and in factories.
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They were paid approximately $13.
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Japanese money is the Yen. 4800 yen is $53.54.
4.64 American dollars
Most of the soldiers were volunteers during the Revolution. They pretty much had to pay for their own food and were not given regular pay.
It greatly hurt the morale of the Japanese soldiers, so much so, that the Japanese government tried to hide the more gruesome details of his death from the general public in order to soften the blow.
It greatly hurt the morale of the Japanese soldiers, so much so, that the Japanese government tried to hide the more gruesome details of his death from the general public in order to soften the blow.
It greatly hurt the morale of the Japanese soldiers, so much so, that the Japanese government tried to hide the more gruesome details of his death from the general public in order to soften the blow.
The American dollar equates to the Japanese yen in this way: One American dollar (1.00) is worth one hunderd two point zero, eight (102.08) Japanese Yen. Conversely, One Japanese yen (1.00) is worth zero point zero, zero, nine, seven, seven, six (0.009776) American dollars.