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If not, why was there a double standard by Amercia for Hirohito full absolution of the Japanese war crimes during WW2?

2007-12-11 00:14:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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No, if he was captured by the Americans or British, he would of been put on trial and executed faster than Saddam, if the Russians captured him, he would of been tortured for a while, then executed with no trial.
Hirohito was just a figure head in Japan during the war, the Army and Navy controlled Japan, he had no real power. ( Like Britain today, the Queen is a figurehead, the Prime Minister has all the power)
MacArthur decided it would be best to keep Hirohito around after the war was over and America was occupying Japan. He could help the civilian population through the transition of American occupation. The Japanese people would of been very,very hard to deal with if Hirohito was jailed or executed. He was considered a God at the time. When Hirohito made the announcement, over the radio, to the Japanese people of the surrender, it was the first time the Japanese people heard his voice !
Tojo ( Prime Minister) was the mastermind behind the Japanese military, he was the one to be held responsible. He was captured,( he tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the heart, but he was just wounded and survived) put on trial , found guilty of 175 counts of war crimes, and executed by hanging in 1948.

2007-12-11 00:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by Louie O 7 · 2 0

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2016-11-02 21:19:21 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

We treated the Japanese differently since their crimes were less well-known. Also, we needed some of the Japanese leadership to cooperate with us. We were already seeing the rise of Communism and needed Japan to be functional again and able to held us beat the Communists off.

It, unfortunately, was an act of necessity. We didn't punish people that deserved it because we needed them.

As for Hitler, no, they wouldn't have let him go, he would have gotten the same as some of his men.

2007-12-11 00:25:44 · answer #3 · answered by Yun 7 · 1 0

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2007-12-11 02:22:46 · answer #4 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0 0

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2007-12-11 00:21:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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