Occupation of Germany and Japan?

Question

When ww2 was over did the US army face an insurgency in Grmany or Japan? Similar to the one we see in Iraq today.

Answer 1

Not really, based mainly on the surrounding countries in both cases. But, something much worse than the insurgency in Iraq grew out of the occupation of Germany after WWII; that being the Cold War.

Answer 2

I don't know about Japan, but in Germany no, or at least not on a large scale. I'm German and from what I have always heard the Americans and British were quite popular in the German population and I have never heard of any insurgence, although I am not sure that it did not exist at all. The situation was much different to that in Iraq. Most of the Germans were tired of that long war and most of them understood that Germany had started the war and that this was the reason why they were occupied then, many of them were ashamed of the Nazi crimes, and they also knew how they had been defeated and the dreams of the "Great German Reich" were over. They also noticed soon that they were treated well by the Americans and British.

Answer 3

In Japan, the government was left in place, and there was even a police, but real power was in the hands of the U.S. MacArthur ruled from the Daichi Building in Tokyo, and there the new Japanese pacifist constitution was written. GIs occupied every part of the country. When the dust settled, the Japanese accepted what had happened and we had very little trouble of any kind with the civilian population.

In the first weeks, there were some rapes and much looting, but that came to an end quickly, though the royal jewels have never been found. The population was disarmed and made to turn even swords and large knives.

The main problem confronting the Japanese was food, and hungry people make poor insurgents. The country lay in unimaginable ruin and poverty. Millions of men had disappeared into the jaws of war, widows and orphans were everywhere. The country watched as thousands of teen-aged girls sold themselves to get money for their parents and siblings.

Vice came to Japan's rescue, as beer and women extracted the greater part of the massive military payroll that passed almost at once every thirty days from hands of GI's to the economy through brothels and beer halls. But the people endured the test with great dignity and strength.

I admired them, married one of them, and filched their language, still my best foreign tongue.

Answer 4

There was some in Germany but it had petered out by 47-48. It was probably higher in the Soviet zone.

Answer 5

no because both were so thoroughly defeated resistence was futile

Answer 6

fast technology improvement.

Answer 7

No, i don't think so.