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Germany perhaps, but not Japan. With Germany it is difficult to say since the post-war split of Germany is something that doesn't have a great analogue in Reco
by Crito 12y ago
Germany perhaps, but not Japan. With Germany it is difficult to say since the post-war split of Germany is something that doesn't have a great analogue in Reconstruction. Japan did not have a porous border with the US, and although there was nevertheless a large amount of cultural exchange following the war, it was nothing compared to what occurred between the North and South in the US. Furthermore, while American individuals involved themselves with Japan's government following the war, that was not general American voting public doing it; it was only a handful of people. Having a MacArthur from the conquering nation and having to share a government with the conquering nation are rather dissimilar. The Japanese public were not voting for American leaders, and the American public were not voting for Japanese leaders. American and Japanese leaders were not regularly engaging in debate, nor were they forced to reconcile differences in their domestic policies.
However I would not consider either of those a modern US invasion/occupation anyway. We don't really fight/invade/occupy like that anymore.