So since the United States dropped 63 million leaflets, why are Japanese residents indifferent? Nobody evacuated? At the end of World War II, the situation had reached 1945, but the Japanese still refused to surrender. It was not until the same year 15 that more than eight people were forced to surrender. Thanks to the two atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Nagasaki and Hiroshima respectively, the Japanese militarists were completely defeated.
Before dropping the atomic bomb, the United States was fed up, dropping more than 6,300 leaflets to persuade these Japanese soldiers and civilians to leave as soon as possible. However, at that time, Japan unilaterally thought that this was an alarmist in the United States, so that the Japanese government ignored it and did not order residents to evacuate. Finally, more than 200,000 people were killed.
In addition, Japanese residents are obsessed with crazy militarism and bushido, and they would rather die than surrender. Moreover, at that time, Japanese bombing was commonplace, and the residents were numb, and most of them were unwilling to leave their hometown.
So what is written on the leaflet? ▲ This leaflet is now hidden in the Nagasaki Atomic Explosion Museum, and the handwriting is clearly visible.
This picture is translated from a leaflet, which roughly means that the US military will first inform it by humanitarian means, and then destroy the Japanese arsenal. The United States dropped the atomic bomb mainly to bring peace to the world. There are more than a dozen cities on the back of the leaflet, all of which are alternative cities for the US military to drop atomic bombs.
▲ The alternate city written on the back of the leaflet, the atomic bomb dropped this time is in Hiroshima.
In less than two days, the US military dropped an atomic bomb in Nagasaki in the same way. A lot of leaflets were thrown before, but because of the short time interval, even if Japanese residents were evacuated, it might be too late.
▲ This is a leaflet issued at that time.
This is the content of the leaflet. Here, the U.S. military clearly explained the situation of dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima, telling Japan not to make any resistance, but to stop its defense and declare surrender, and claimed that if it did not surrender, more atomic bombs would be dropped on Japanese cities.
After Nagasaki was bombed, the US military will broadcast the news that Japan was dropped an atomic bomb on the radio every once in a while. However, due to the paralysis of Japan's communication system, Japanese militarists decided to fight a decisive battle at home, and the Japanese government even concealed the news that the US military bombed the country with atomic bombs, so many Japanese soldiers did not know. Finally, the Japanese emperor accepted the announcement of Japan's surrender.