c bombs on Japan. One is dropped on Hiroshima, and the other on Nagasaki. Both cities are leveled, along with many other urban areas by conventional bombing. Although this is still very controversial it may have saved many lives on both sides since the U.S. had plans to invade the island nation. In September of 1945 on the battleship U.S.S Missouri the Japanese surrender to the allied powers. This may be looked at as the beginning of the end. The U.S had been planning for an occupation, for as long as 25 years is needed. There were three main phases set for this occupation. The rebuilding of Japan had a long way to go, many questions needed to be answered, and much work needed to be done before the occupation would be deemed complete. The first phase in planning the occupation centered on discipline. How strict should they be, who should be disciplined, and many other questions? There was a fine line to be drawn here. The allies wanted the occupation to go smoothly, but still wanted to ensure discipline had been instilled. They decided that there would be a trial of war criminals, Those responsible needed to be punished. The austere strictness would be enforced to set precedence, but they did not want to unnecessarily humiliate the Japanese people. Phase two was the main focus and had the most questions surrounding it. This was the phase of democratization. How to evolve a devastated government into a liberal, constitutional government for this country. At the same time it had to guarantee that there would be no resurgence of militarism by a country that had seen an abundance of bloodshed in its recent history. Depending on how the progressions of phase two went the occupation force wanted to gradually relax the restrictions that had been ingrained during the first phase. Phase three would depend on how the preceding phases had developed and was two fold. The first part of this would be how to orchestrate Japan back into the world economic system. How fast and to what magnitude this happened would depend on how the economic reforms had been accepted. The second part would be preparing Japan to take their place as responsible members in the United Nations.

The occupation would not be the same as it had happened in Germany. There would be no zones of occupation, where different countries occupied different zones. In Japan there would be only one commander in chief, the American Supreme commander. SCAP as it was later to be called; Supreme Commander Allied Powers would encompass the governing body of the occupation force and also stand for the man named to lead this occupation. The U.S. defined itself as leader of this occupation, they did however request that an advisory committee be formed from the 11 nations taking part in this undertaking. Named the Far Eastern Advisory Council (FEAC), it was to consult and advise SCAP, but not control in any ways its actions. This may not have been to the liking of the other nations engaged in the occupation, but they saw the futility in fighting the U.S. position on this theme. That was the contrivance set for the defeated nation of Japan. The next big question was who would be its leader. The commander of the Pacific Theatre, General Douglas MacArthur was named to head SCAP, and this individual soon personified the occupation. MacArthur's father was a military man; he was a colonel in the 24th Wisconsin Volunteers during the Civil War and later went on to become military govenor of the Philippines. MacArthur entered West Point in 1899 and graduated first in his class. After graduation in 1905 he joined his fathers staff in Japan as an aide de campe. After a long military career he retired in 1937,but was called back to active duty in 1941. At age 65 General Douglas MacArthur was named the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers. During the occupation his brilliance far outweighed his shortcomings. The Japanese for his dedicated sense of the mission respected MacArthur. He also gave them

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