Wendigo
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Let's say the Emperor is overthrown in August 1945 and Japan doesn't surrender.
What happens to the millions of Japanese soldiers who were located throughout Asia and the Pacific?
How long would it have taken for those Japanese forces located on the Asian mainland to be defeated by the Allies?
How difficult would it have been?
How many casualties would there have been on both the Japanese and American/British/Soviet militaries?
How well supplied/prepared/trained were the Japanese troops located in China and the rest of the occupied Asian territory?
From BobTheBarbarian:
What happens to the millions of Japanese soldiers who were located throughout Asia and the Pacific?
How long would it have taken for those Japanese forces located on the Asian mainland to be defeated by the Allies?
How difficult would it have been?
How many casualties would there have been on both the Japanese and American/British/Soviet militaries?
How well supplied/prepared/trained were the Japanese troops located in China and the rest of the occupied Asian territory?
From BobTheBarbarian:
The Japanese military had 7,889,100 total personnel, of whom 5,472,400 were in the Army and 2,416,700 were in the Navy. Strength on the Home Islands was 4,335,500, of whom 2,372,700 were Army and 1,962,800 were Navy. The Japanese Army had between 154 and 173 active divisions (depending on the source), 136 brigades, and innumerable smaller units. Of this total, 59 divisions, 36 brigades, and 45 regiments were stationed in the Home Islands. The breakdown of Japanese personnel by theater is as follows:
Mainland Japan: 4,335,500
Bonin Islands: 23,600 (15,000 Army and 8,600 Navy)
Okinawa (Ryukyu) Islands: 52,100 (40,900 Army and 11,200 Navy)
Taiwan (Formosa): 190,500 (128,100 Army and 62,400 Navy)
Korea: 335,900 (294,200 Army and 41,700 Navy)
Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands: 91,000 (88,000 Army and 3,000 Navy)
Manchuria: 665,500 (664,000 Army and 1,500 Navy)
China Proper: 1,124,900 (1,055,700 Army and 62,900 Navy)
Central Pacific Ocean Islands: 106,900 (48,600 Army and 58,300 Navy)
Philippines: 127,200 (97,300 Army and 29,900 Navy)
French Indochina: 98,200 (90,400 Army and 7,800 Navy)
Thailand: 107,500 (106,000 Army and 1,500 Navy)
Burma and India: 71,500 (70,400 Army and 1,100 Navy)
Malaya and Singapore: 134,700 (84,800 Army and 49,900 Navy)
New Guinea: 33,800 (30,200 Army and 3,600 Navy)
Other: 390,300 (286,100 Army and 104,200 Navy)
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