By Lia
After the defeat of Japan in World War II, the United States led the Allies in the occupation and rehabilitation of the Japanese state.
Over 60 million people were killed, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population! 1.74 million Japanese servicemen and one million civilians died as a result of the war, roughly 3-4% of the country's 1941 population of around 74 million. Approximately 4.5 million servicemen demobilized in 1945 were identified as being wounded or ill, and eventually some three hundred thousand were given disability pensions.
It is estimated that the Allied assault on shipping and the bombing campaign against the home islands destroyed one-quarter of the country's wealth. This included four-fifths of all ships, one-third of all industrial machine tools, and almost a quarter of all rolling stock and motor vehicles.
Rural living standards were estimated to have fallen to 65% of prewar levels and nonrural living standards to about 35%. Sixty-six major cities, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki, had been heavily bombed, destroying 40% of these urban areas overall and rendering about 30% of their populations homeless. In Tokyo, the largest metropolis, 65% of all residences were destroyed. In Osaka and Nagoya, the country's second and third largest cities, the figures were 57 and 89%. Five millions of Tokyo's seven million population had left the ruined city.
Over 60 million people were killed, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population! 1.74 million Japanese servicemen and one million civilians died as a result of the war, roughly 3-4% of the country's 1941 population of around 74 million. Approximately 4.5 million servicemen demobilized in 1945 were identified as being wounded or ill, and eventually some three hundred thousand were given disability pensions.
It is estimated that the Allied assault on shipping and the bombing campaign against the home islands destroyed one-quarter of the country's wealth. This included four-fifths of all ships, one-third of all industrial machine tools, and almost a quarter of all rolling stock and motor vehicles.
Rural living standards were estimated to have fallen to 65% of prewar levels and nonrural living standards to about 35%. Sixty-six major cities, including Hiroshima and Nagasaki, had been heavily bombed, destroying 40% of these urban areas overall and rendering about 30% of their populations homeless. In Tokyo, the largest metropolis, 65% of all residences were destroyed. In Osaka and Nagoya, the country's second and third largest cities, the figures were 57 and 89%. Five millions of Tokyo's seven million population had left the ruined city.
Summary
Over 60 million people were killed, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population! 1.74 million Japanese servicemen and one million civilians died as a result of the war, roughly 3-4% of the country's 1941 population of around 74 million. Approximately 4.5 million servicemen demobilized in 1945 were identified as being wounded or ill, and eventually some three hundred thousand were given disability pensions. The bombing campaign against the home islands destroyed one-quarter of the country's wealth. Hiroshima and Nagasaki, had been heavily bombed, destroying 40% of these urban areas overall and rendering about 30% of their populations homeless. In Tokyo, the largest metropolis, 65% of all residences were destroyed. In Osaka and Nagoya, the country's second and third largest cities, the figures were 57 and 89%. Five millions of Tokyo's seven million population had left the ruined city.