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[|TIMELINE] of modern Japanese history

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 * World War 2 – the world at war – Japan (1941-1945) part 2 (8.32)** Shows the psychological preparation of children for WW II and the position of the emperor in the Japanese psyche

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 * Death of Emperor Hirohito**

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 * World War 2 – the world at war –** **Japan** **(1941-1945) part 6 T**he US wins the war (6.36) shows the destruction of Japan even without Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


 * The** **US** **Army in Post World war II Japan Chapter 2 (4.45)** Deals with the immediate post war occupation “to demilitarize and democratize” Japan. Also goes into the trials of war criminals and the thorny issue of why Hirohito was not tried as a war criminal. Shows Macarthur’s position that if Hirohito was tried as a war criminal it would create disharmony in Japan, and make reconstruction more difficult. Instead he chose to make the prime Minister General Hideki Tojo the scapegoat; he was subsequently tried and sentenced to death. He tried to commit suicide but survived only to be executed.

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 * The US Army in Post World war II Japan Chapter 4 (3.03)** The new constitution for Japan replacing a former emperor’s constitution in which the people were subjects with a constitution placing emphasis on the rights of the public and Japan’s demilitarization and democratisation.

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