Japan in Retreat

By 1941-1942, Japan has already conquered a huge space of the Southeast Asia due to their rapidly speed of victory. After the attacking of Pearl Harbor, Japan expanded its territories far over to the border of India and the New Guinea within a duration of six months. Their uninterrupted string of victory ended in a devastating defeat in the Battle of Midway. After the Battle, the Allies slowly regained the territories of Japan and slowly forced Japan into an unconditional surrender. Another factor that led to Japan's retreat was the gigantic economic gap between Japan and America which left Japan without enough material and to sustain its civilian population and military. Japan was incompetent to produce as much weapons as America. They lacked foods and raw materials. The American submarines also raid Japan's shipping. Japan didn't use the convoy system, therefore, American submarines were able to sank many of Japan's merchant ships. The more the Japan soldiers were forced to retreat, the more the fight fiercely. Some thought that surrendering was dishonorable, so a few were only captured as a prisoner. Men, women, and children leap off cliffs to avoid being captured. The war turned bloodier through the following years of continued fighting.