Japanese POWs and Japanese civilians' mass repatriation: Witness to 1945

Author: Ren Jun
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This series of six books, meticulously planned by the Nanjing Museum of Modern Chinese History and Nanjing Publishing House, includes "The Great Surrender in the Theater of War," "The Liberation of Taiwan," "The Return of the National Government," "The Trial of Japanese War Criminals," "The Mass Repatriation of Japanese Prisoners of War and Japanese Residents," and "The Great Trial of Collaborators." Compiled by a team of experts in modern and contemporary history, each book contains approximately 50,000 words and around 100 photographs. Through these six representative major events before and after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the series presents this exciting period of history to readers in an accessible manner.
China's Anti-Japanese War was an extremely important part of the World Anti-Fascist War. China was the earliest country to resist the invasion of world fascists, the longest in duration, suffered the most severe sacrifices, and incurred the greatest losses. China's Anti-Japanese War was not only a just anti-invasion war fought by the Chinese people to safeguard national sovereignty and ethnic dignity but also provided strong support to the European and Pacific theaters. It completely disrupted Japan's militaristic ambitions to dominate the world. More importantly, through immense national sacrifices, the Chinese people firmly tied nearly 70% of Japan's fascist forces to the Chinese battlefield, preventing them from reinforcing the Far East and the Pacific region and significantly easing the pressure on Allied forces. The Chinese battlefield became the main theater of the Eastern Front and made great contributions to the World Anti-Fascist War.
The series Witnessing 1945 reflects some of the major events before and after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War with detailed historical records and accessible writing. From it, we can realize that only by understanding how hard-won victory is can we cherish today's peaceful life even more. We believe that under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Chinese people will surely accomplish the historic task of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and fulfill the noble cause of promoting world peace and development.