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 Studies of the U.S. psychological warfare on Japan during World War II(PDF)

《长安大学学报(社科版)》[ISSN:1671-6248/CN:61-1391/C]

Issue:
2017年02期
Page:
138-146
Research Field:
心理学
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Title:
 Studies of the U.S. psychological warfare on Japan during World War II
Author(s):
 SHI Peng-hai
 School of Foreign Languages, Chang’an University Xi’an 710065, Shaanxi, China
Keywords:
 the Second World War the U.S. psychological warfare Japan
PACS:
K721.54
DOI:
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Abstract:
 After the outbreak of the Pacific War, allied forces headed by the U.S attacked Japanese troops with psychological warfare. Guided by historical materialism as well as research theories and methods of history and other disciplines, this paper studied the psychological strategic planning, means, and characteristics of the U.S. during World War II. The results show that Japanese soldiers have the beliefs of loyalty to the Emperor of Japan and imperial army being undefeatable after receiving militarism education, who believe in offensive spirit and Bushido spirit. In this case, the U.S. determined the target of psychological warfare on Japan, which is to reveal the essence and risks of Fascism, trying to make Japan soldiers and masses think that aggressive war started by Japanese government is doomed to fail and that the war-declaration and victory of the U.S. would bring democracy and freedom for Japan. In addition, they maintain the respect of the Emperor of Japan, blame the guilt of starting the War to Japanese militarism government, and try to reduce unnecessary lives and property losses for Japanese troops and masses. The specific measures of psychological warfare have the characteristic of positive “White” propaganda, which are broadcasting or yelling at Japanese troops and throwing leaflets in the island occupied by Japanese troops or in front of camp. It also contains “Black” or “Grey” propaganda, producing and spreading false news and false information to disturb Japanese soldiers’ psychological state and then making use of Japanese prisoners of war to promote the policy of giving special treatment to prisoners of war. In order to give full play of psychological warfare on Japan, the U.S. troops combined psychological warfare and military action together, making psychological threat to Japanese soldiers by means of air attack and atomic bomb and using true and false information to perplex Japanese soldiers, which make Japanese soldiers in a low morale and weaken their resistance will. The strategy of Jumping Frogs and psychological warfare go from victory to victory. In a word, psychological warfare plays a very important role of the fourth kind of war in the war of defeating the Japanese fascist.

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