Cold War Japan
World war ii ended on september 2 1945.
Cold war japan. As early as 1947 under secretary of state dean acheson declared that western security required the restoration of these two great workshops of europe and asia. The hiroshima bombing didnt just end wwiiit kick started the cold war the colossal power of the atomic bomb drove the worlds two leading superpowers into a new confrontation. Chinese government opposes us japan telephone talks on security treaty is a product of the cold war november 12 1912. Japan largely stripped of its military by us the us and by pacifists in japan played only a minor role in the cold war.
It was america that forced japan to rearm as a defense against communism in 1955 some japanese seamen died during korea and vietnam mainly on mine sweeping operations that they were forced to participate in. Both countries fought against the united states and its allies during world war ii and both emerged as key objectives and participants in the contest between the soviet and american led blocs. Former vice president biden of the democratic party who declared victory in the us. The cold war lives on in asia japans surrender 75 years ago marked the end of world war ii.
But within months of the wars end the confrontation with the soviet union began to color american strategic thinking and foreign policymaking and the task of refashioning japan came under the added and accumulating weight of the developing cold war between the two superpowers.