For several years after the conclusion of the Pacific War, Japan was a country of burned fields. However, the railroad of the whole country was operated almost correctly, even when on August 15th, 1945 Japan surrendered.
This is a very surprising thing. The Japan's railroads suffered from intense air raids by the Allied Forces, and the railroads of Hiroshima or Nagasaki were destroyed by the atomic bomb. However, they were immediately restored by the excellent engineers of JNR. The Japanese vessel was annihilated by air raids or submarines. However, the Allied Forces' overwhelming military power was not able to stop the operation of Japan's railroads. However, it had been reduced to operation of only the local trains although the freight train were also used.
All trains were in severe confusion. People were even on the roofs of the train. However, the trains were still driven almost correctly. When there was no operation of the railroads of Japan, occupation forces would see a nightmare.
Although Japanese people worried about starvation, they were obedient to the occupation forces. That is because the railroad carried food all over the country. When there was no operation of a railroad of Japan, there was also fear of riots generating to the occupation forces. However, it meant there was a miserable situation again. By the Allied Forces' repression, Japanese people performed guerrilla activities in the mountain ranges.
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