How America Rigged the End of World War II

#worldwar2 #history #Japan The West often portrays itself as the defender of a “post-war rules-based international order.” But in reality, it broke those very rules almost from the beginning. In 1951—just six years after the end of the Second World War—the Treaty of San Francisco delivered the first major blow to the international order the West claimed to build. This video breaks down how the treaty: • Violated the 1942 Allied pledge of collective peace • Excluded China despite its role as a major victorious power • Ignored Japanese war crimes and left reparations unresolved • Created long-term territorial disputes over Taiwan, the Kurils, Sakhalin, and Dokdo • Invented the concept of “residual sovereignty” to justify U.S. control over Okinawa • Reinforced colonial-era power politics under the guise of legality