美国对日本的封锁作战（The United States fought a blockade of Japan）.doc

美国对日本的封锁作战（The United States fought a blockade of Japan） The United States fought a blockade of Japan U.S. military blockade against Japan, Is known as the battle of hunger in history, it is late in the second world war, the us military to paralysis of the Japanese economy, destroying its war potential, forcing Japan to surrender unconditionally and implementation of a large-scale mine blockade of the battle. During the four and a half months of the campaign The U.S. military successfully used a mine blockade to minimize its ability to combat the collapse of Japans economy and the loss of war as a result of its economic collapse and the shortest possible time. I. campaign background Japan is an industrial but resource-poor island. It was 20 percent food, 90 percent oil, 88 Strategic materials such as iron ore need to be imported from abroad. It is the transportation of all kinds of domestic materials, mostly through the Japanese coast and inland sea. Like domestic coal 50 More than % is to be transported by sea from the port near the mine to the port near the factory. By March 1945, there were about 1.8 million tons of steel vessels in Japan, including 140 Tons are available for use. Japan USES them to make 100 -- 150 a year Tons of food and raw materials have been shipped from north Korea and China to cities such as kobe and Osaka, through the strait. It can be seen that Japan is so dependent on maritime transport routes that the maritime transport line is Japans lifeline. Because of this, the United States believes that, as long as thoroughly destroyed the Japanese maritime transport, is stuck his neck, cutting off its arteries and lifeline, the destruction of the Japanese is just around the corner. In June 1942, in a decisive battle between Japan and us forces on the outside of the perimeter, the navy lost four aircraft carriers and a cruiser, and the U.S. army moved on to counterattack. To 1944 At the end of the year has been breached the Japanese interior defen