Japan’s economic losses during the Anti-Japanese War

During the Anti-Japanese War, our country lost a lot of manpower and material resources, but what about Japan? Below is what I compiled about Japan’s economic losses during the Anti-Japanese War. I hope it can inspire everyone.

Japan’s economic losses in the War of Resistance Against Japan

In the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese army suffered 257,000 casualties and the Chinese army suffered 400,000 casualties. This battle caused the Japanese army to consume a large amount of effective forces and was unable to gather strength to continue attacking China, which brought the Anti-Japanese War into a stalemate. Economic losses in China’s Anti-Japanese War

During Japan’s 14-year rule over Northeast China, from 1932 to 1944 alone, it plundered more than 223 million tons of coal, more than 11 million tons of pig iron, and more than 5.8 million yuan from the Northeast. tons of steel. In the three years from 1942 to 1944, 9.7 million tons of collected grain were shipped directly to Japan. According to statistics, at the end of 1944, Japanese settlers occupied an area of ??1.521 million hectares, accounting for 1/10 of all cultivated land in Northeast China.

After the Japanese army invaded and occupied central China with Shanghai as the center, they decided to use military hand notes to pay for the military expenses of the Japanese army that invaded China, excluding North China. This ticket is not numbered, and the circulation amount is determined by the Japanese temporary military accountant. Just issue as many as you want. At the end of 1937, the issuance amount was 1.37 million yen; a year later, it soared to 36.8 million yen. In December 1942, the issuance amount reached 500 million yen; it was not until April 1943 that the issuance of military stamps stopped.

The Japanese army used violence to force the price comparison between military notes and legal currency, which continuously increased the value of military notes. In August 1939, it was stipulated that legal tender and military notes were equivalent, and in May 1940, it became 100:77. After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the value of military notes soared, and in May 1942, the ratio of legal tender and military notes dropped to 100:8. After Japan invaded Hong Kong, it also issued a large number of military tickets.

In order to pay for its huge military expenditure, Japan issued a large number of public bonds in the occupied areas of China. Those denominated only in Japanese yen include the Greater East Asia War Treasury Bonds, the Greater East Asia Special Treasury Bonds, and the Greater East Asia Separation Treasury Bonds. There are as many as 45 types of bonds, including Chinese Incident Treasury Bonds, Wartime Treasury Bonds, Japanese Treasury Bonds, and Japanese Bonds, which were calculated as 2.6 billion yen at the time, plus counterfeit Manchurian coins, China Reserve Bonds, China United Bonds, and old bonds. Denominated in Taiwan dollars, calculated based on the foreign exchange rate at that time, Japan’s post-war public bonds remaining in China were approximately 47.1 billion yen. This does not include the public bonds issued by Japan in the vicinity of the anti-Japanese base areas and the puppet-Mongolian border areas, and the bonds issued by the Japanese puppets. Disguised public bonds, postal savings coupons issued in Taiwan, etc.

Japan’s plunder of the economy of the occupied areas within the Pass is based on the national data of gold and silver coins, gold and silver bars, ships, industries and mines, roads, transportation, ports, rural water conservancy, housing and private property, resource losses, military expenditure losses, etc. Incomplete statistics on direct losses to public and private property amounted to US$55.943844 billion. For example, out of the 78 counties and cities in Hunan Province, 44 were occupied by the enemy, 11 were invaded by the enemy, and 9 were bombed. A total of 2,622,383 people were killed and injured in the province, and property losses amounted to 12.19221027 trillion yuan (based on prices in September 1945). The losses were the largest among all provinces.

During the Japanese invasion of China, a large number of cultural relics were looted and plundered from China. It was found that there were 3,607,074 pieces of books, calligraphy and paintings, inscriptions, antiquities, instruments, specimens, maps, artworks, miscellaneous items, etc., another 1,870 boxes, and 741 historical sites were robbed. (Must come back)

During Japan’s war of aggression against China and the Asian and Pacific Wars, it plundered overseas Chinese and caused heavy losses. According to incomplete statistics, the property losses suffered by overseas Chinese in Nanyang exceeded US$600 million. In the Philippines, 12,000 homes were damaged, and in Singapore, more than 7,300 homes were damaged.