Figure 1.--Here we have an undated photograph. It looks to us like Japanese secondary students involved in farm work. It was probably taken during World War II. Notice their teacher with them. Put the curor on the imafe to see the rest of the group.
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Figure 1.--Here we have an undated photograph. It looks to us like Japanese secondary students involved in farm work. It was probably taken during World War II. Notice their teacher with them. Put the curor on the imafe to see the rest of the group. |
We notice Japanese students, especially secondary students, involved in labor. We know that this occurred during World War II. Students worked both in facories and on farms. As far as we know, workibg in factories was restricted to the World War II emergency. Able-body men were drafted for war service. Japan since 1937 had been fighting a war in China and the bulk of the Army was deployed there. China of course had a much larger population, but had a poorly equipped and trained military. The Japanese were able top occupy the coasyal areas, but were unable to defeat the Chinese who withdrew into the interior. Thus the War went in and on despite major Japanese victories. Japan also needed to deploy a substantial force in Manchuria to defend the province from possible Soviet attack. A major engagement was fouught with tthe Soviets (1939). This proved to be an endless conflict. The Japanese attack on Pear Harbor was in large measure the result of American support for China. Pearl Harbor was not an isolated attack. It was the first part of a vast military operation, the most expansive military operation of the entire War. After declaring war in America and Britain,
the Japanese attacked Hong Kong, Guam, Wake Island, the Philippines, Malay and Singapore. This was soon followed by attacjs on Burma and the Dutch East Indies. Substantial forces were also needed for these operations as well as enumeral Pacific island garisons. This required a huge military deployment and this increased as the War began to go against the Japanese after Midway (June 1942). The deployments overseas affected both industrial and agicultural production. Thus students were mobilized to fill the labor shortage. Available images are often undated. We think virtually all of the factory photographs taken in factories are World War II images. The rural images are also probably taken in World War II, but we are not positive.
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