After the end of World War II, the armies of Germany and Japan were disbanded by the Allies led by the United States (as the victorious side of the war) between 1945 and 1946, but this disbandment did not last long and only lasted until the mid-1950s.
In the new words of the former commander of the war and the former deputy head of the general command, the lack of information can be seen more than anything else, when he considers the economic results of Germany and Japan due to their lack of military forces after World War II. And in the following, an Iranian version of this humiliating but unsuccessful method of complicated America and, of course, repeating the words of these days, transfers its implementation to the second term of Rouhani’s government.
What can be taken from the meaning of these words are several important propositions, each of which will be examined and historical references will be made in the rest of this article.
The first point is the answer to the question of whether the armed forces of Japan and Germany were closed after World War II? What was the reason and duration of it? Are these countries still satisfied with the decisions of that time? What were the material and moral costs of such an action in Japan and Germany?
Germany; America’s failed pressure to reduce the armed forces
After the end of World War II, the armies of Germany and Japan were disbanded by the Allies led by the United States (as the victorious side of the war) between 1945 and 1946, but this disbandment did not last long and only lasted until the mid-1950s. West Germany soon regretted this stoppage and reduction of forces, and from the mid-1950s, the German army re-emerged and quickly went towards organizational expansion.
Leopard 2 tanks of the German army
Accordingly, the conscription law for men between the ages of 18 and 45 was re-approved, and during the Cold War, the German army in three branches, land, sea and air, became more active and became the backbone of the NATO alliance against The Warsaw Pact was signed. Statistics show that the human talent of the German armed forces had reached half a million military personnel and 170 thousand civilian employees.
German Eurofatier Typhoon fighters
In the same way, Germany’s military expenses have increased sharply, and in the 1980s, at the same time as the Cold War between East and West escalated again, West Germany’s defense expenses were about 2.5% of the value of the GDP, which for example This figure was around 542 billion dollars in 1988.
Of course, during the period after the Cold War and the reunification of the two Germanys, for a while this country went on the path of reducing its budget and the number of military personnel, but in recent years, the authorities of this country, with a clear turn, again increased the policy of increasing the budget and the number of military personnel. Various reasons such as cyber threats, increasing naval and information power, as well as the expansion of military presence in other parts of the world have activated it, and it is supposed to reach about 39 billion from the current 34 billion dollars by 2020.
In one of their latest plans for the quantitative and qualitative expansion of the armed forces, the German authorities have announced that they need 14,300 new troops to strengthen their military strength.
Japan; American capitulation in exchange for not having an independent army
But Japan was another defeated party in the war, which after the end of World War i.e. 1945 until the mid-1950s, did not have any military forces, but the Japanese also in the middle of that decade, by retreating from their temporary policies, their armed forces reorganized
Of course, the Japanese paid less attention to their military due to the different conditions compared to the Germans and the more restrictions imposed by the United States on the Japanese constitution.
Considering that a major part of the task of defending Japan during the Cold War was the responsibility of the United States, the United States imposed various laws and special permits to continue protecting Japan on this country, and also at a huge cost to the Japanese government and people. He used to impose and while actually receiving multiple expenses for the protection of this country, he humiliated the people with bitter incidents such as raping Japanese girls.
But in recent years, the Japanese have realized that they are facing a situation that America no longer has the former ability to support the Japanese against new threats, and for this reason, in the last few years, they have rapidly expanded their defense capabilities. For the next fiscal year, it has broken records for the fifth year in a row and this time it has requested 50 billion dollars in defense budget.
Last year, an important law allowed the military forces of this country to participate in military operations outside of Japan, which many experts consider a 180-degree turn in the country’s foreign policies. At the same time, the continued presence of the American forces to help the army of this country is faced with strong popular opposition and the news about the demonstrations of different sections of the society is reflected in the media from time to time.
A perverse prescription to cure the economy or cripple the armed forces
Although the analysis of the Chairman of the Expediency Council is to present a prescription for the treatment of the country’s economy, but considering a period of several years from the history of the 60-year history of the German and Japanese armies and comparing the short-term and forced shutdown of the armed forces of these countries with the activity of our country’s armed forces , lacks correct scientific and analytical support.
The dangerous meaning of these words is more visible when he points to the opening of ways to repeat those bitter experiences in Germany and Japan for our country, stating that “I am sure that the second term of Rouhani’s government can take us there”.
It might not be a bad idea for the head of the National Expediency Council to better understand the interests of the supreme system, especially the armed forces, by studying the constitution and the position and structure of our country’s armed forces, and to know that the commander of these forces is the supreme leader of the revolution and not the president and Neither the government officials nor the head of the Expediency Council are in a position to give an opinion or order to close or even slow down the activities of the armed forces.
At the same time, a look at the security and military complexities of the region shows that the importance of paying attention to the armed forces of our country has been vital for the past years and decades, and certainly, the country’s economic growth also depends on the security and vitality of our armed forces.
Now that with wrong addresses, the improvement of the economic situation is tied to the prerequisites such as closing down and reducing the armed forces, it is better to at least study the facts, causes and regrets of the executors of the plan to close down the armed forces in Japan and Germany, and finally implement the versions Americans should be slaughtered for the dignity of the Japanese people.
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