emperor hirohito was in charge of japan in 1945.
emperor hirohito was in charge of japan in 1945.
who was in charge of japan in 1945?
emperor hirohito
bullet::::- in the alternate history short story "joe steele" by harry turtledove, the georgian peasants besarion jughashvili and ekaterine geladze, the parents of joseph stalin, immigrated to the united states in june 1878 where their son was born iosef dzhugashvili, "a name even god couldn't pronounce," six months later. he later changed his name to the more american sounding joseph vissarion "joe" steele. he was elected to an unprecedented six terms. he led his country through two wars but his quest for personal power all but eradicated democracy in the united states. he grew up in california, and became a democratic congressman from fresno. he and the governor of new york franklin d. roosevelt became the front runners for the party's presidential nomination in 1932. two days into the democratic national convention, neither had the necessary two-thirds majority to secure the nomination. steele, using his loyal supporters stas mikoian, kagan and the hammer, saw to it that roosevelt died in a fire at the governor's mansion in albany, new york. with his primary opponent gone, steele became the party's presidential nominee. his vice-presidential nominee was john nance garner. steele handily defeated his opponent, the republican incumbent herbert hoover with the promise of a four-year plan for revitalizing the country's depressed economy. steele immediately put his plan into action, passing legislation for highways, dams, and other public works projects. the united states supreme court began overturning this legislation as unconstitutional in 1933. steele publicly denounced the court's actions. at the same time, he ordered j. edgar hoover, the director of the bureau of investigation, to investigate the justices. hoover discovered "evidence" that four of the justices – namely, pierce butler, james clark mcreynolds, george sutherland and willis van devanter – were in the employ of nazi germany. this gang of four was arrested and interrogated. also arrested were father charles coughlin and the governor of louisiana huey long. father coughlin and the justices were executed. long was killed while trying to "escape" in 1935. for the remainder of his first term, steele's legislation went unopposed. steele was re-elected in 1936, defeating his republican opponent alf landon in a landslide, who only wins eight electoral votes from maine and vermont. shortly after taking the oath of office, he was nearly assassinated by a german named otto spitzer. steele was unharmed, but spitzer was killed in the attack. steele publicly denounced adolf hitler as the mastermind behind the attack. in his second term, steele began his second four-year plan. this included more public works and communal farms. dissenters (better known as wreckers) are sent to isolated areas of the country such as wyoming, colorado, montana, new mexico, north dakota, and the alaska. steele also ordered hoover and the hammer to purge the military. when world war ii began in europe in september 1939, steele was content to remain neutral. he hated both hitler and soviet premier leon trotsky equally. however, when hitler was able gain the upper-hand on the continent, steele began to support britain with loans and weapons. he was re-elected to an unprecedented third term in 1940, defeating wendell willkie, on the promise that the united states would not enter the war. this proved to be the last free and democratic election in the united states. when hitler declared war on the soviet union in june 1941, steele tarried for six weeks before providing the soviet union with aid. in december 1941, however, the united states entered the war when the empire of japan attacked the american naval base at pearl harbor. several weeks later, the philippines had also fallen to the japanese. steele ordered the trial and execution of admiral husband e. kimmel and general walter short, the military leaders in charge of pearl harbor, and general douglas macarthur, who had fled the philippines. despite the fact that japan had attacked the united states, steele concentrated on europe. when the soviet army defeated the german army at the battle of trotskygrad in 1943, steele began to more earnestly prepare to open a western front. the invasion of normandy took place in june 1944, five months before steele was re-elected to a fourth term, unopposed. germany surrendered in may 1945. steele turned to japan, invading the islands in late 1945. after a period of brutal fighting, the soviet union invaded the northern islands, taking hokkaido and the northern part of honshu. the rest of japan was occupied by the united states. emperor hirohito was killed by an incendiary bomb and the fighting simply stopped. the following year, steele learned that germany had been working on an atomic bomb project. he interrogated albert einstein about his possible knowledge of the bomb. einstein admitted that he had almost written to steele about building a bomb, but had feared that steele would use it. steele responded by rounding up and executing several jewish scientists. however, one, edward teller, offered to build the bomb in exchange for his life. steele agreed. in 1948, north japan, the puppet state established by the soviet union, invaded south japan, the state created by the united states. south japan's troops retreated in the face of the north's onslaught until they met united states marines at utsunomiya, tochigi. the marines held, defeating the north japanese. with the war on, steele won a fifth term in 1948. the japanese war proved to be an ugly war. it ended in august 1949, with an exchange of atomic weapons. the united states destroyed sapporo, the capital of north japan, with teller's completed atomic bomb on august 6. on august 9, the soviet union destroyed the major city of nagona, south japan. steele turned his attention back to the us, finding more traitors. he was elected to a sixth term in 1952 but died on march 5, 1953, only six weeks after being inaugurated. vice president garner, who was by then 84 years old, ascended to the presidency, briefly serving as the 33rd president, and ordered the executions of the hammer and j. edgar hoover. the hammer ordered the deaths of garner and hoover. hoover ordered the deaths of hammer and garner, and succeeded in his task. hoover became the 34th president and proved to be even more tyrannical than steele.
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[[file:1947 at [[hirohito]] [[surrender of japan|announced the surrender]] of the [[empire of japan]] to the [[allies of world war ii|allied powers]] on 15 august 1945. [[general order no. 1]] for the surrender of japan (prepared by the joint chiefs of staff of u.s. military forces and approved on 17 august 1945) prescribed separate surrender procedures for japanese forces in korea north and south of the 38th parallel. after [[japan]]'s surrender to the allies (formalised on 2 september 1945), division at the [[38th parallel north|38th parallel]] marked the beginning of soviet and u.s. occupation the north and south, respectively. this division was meant to be temporary, to be replaced by a trusteeship of the united states, [[united kingdom]], [[soviet union]], and [[republic of china (1912–1949)|republic of china]] which would prepare for korean independence. the trusteeship had been discussed at the [[yalta conference]] in february 1945. u.s. forces landed at [[incheon]] on september 8, 1945 and established a military government shortly thereafter. lt. general [[john r. hodge]], their commander, took charge of the government. faced with mounting popular discontent, in october 1945 hodge established the korean advisory council. the [[provisional government of the republic of korea]], which had operated from china, sent a delegation with three interpreters to hodge, but he refused to meet with them. likewise, hodge refused to recognize the newly formed [[people's republic of korea]] and its people's committees, and outlawed it on 12 december. a year later, an interim legislature and interim government were established, headed by [[kim kyu-shik]] and [[syngman rhee]] respectively. political and economic chaos - arising from a variety of causes - plagued the country in this period. the after-effects of the japanese exploitation remained in the south, as in the north. in addition, the u.s. military was largely unprepared for the challenge of administering the country, arriving with no knowledge of the language, culture or political situation. thus many of their policies had unintended destabilizing effects. waves of refugees from north korea and returnees from abroad added to the turmoil.
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