First of all, in fact, not only the Japanese army will put a five-pointed star on its hat, but also the armies of other countries will use it! As early as the19th century, some European countries put a five-pointed star on their hats, but the colors of the five-pointed star were different. Some countries mark the five-pointed star as blue, while others choose the colored five-pointed star. Since the founding of the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union has joined in? Hat five-pointed star? Team, the Soviet army will also put a five-pointed star on the hat. The Japanese army doesn't have these things! Before the Meiji Restoration, when the Japanese army fought, it was not an ordinary military cap, but a combat helmet. This kind of professional combat helmet is particularly heavy, so Japan began to make changes after the Meiji Restoration.
The Japanese not only changed their military system, but also changed the clothes and weapons of Japanese soldiers and the way of training soldiers. In the military system, Japan first learned from France, and then took Germany as the object of study, while Japan's combat uniforms and training methods were all French. Moreover, during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, the combat uniforms worn by the Japanese were all French military uniforms, with no national characteristics at all. Moreover, the weapons held by the Japanese are also weapons of the legal system. I believe that people who know something about this part of history will also find a problem, that is, at this time, the Japanese military cap was bare and there was no five-pointed star at all! But by the time of the Sino-Russian War, a yellow five-pointed star appeared on the Japanese hat. What is the reason?
In fact, the real reason is that Emperor Meiji of Japan suddenly ordered that all army uniforms, whether generals or ranks, should embroider five-pointed stars on their hats! There are two theories about the five-pointed star. The first argument is that the Japanese think that the five-pointed star is like the petals of cherry blossoms, and cherry blossoms are the flowers of their warriors and the pride of their Japanese people, so they choose to put the five-pointed star on their hats. The second argument is that the five-pointed star is shaped like sunshine, and embroidered on the hat can represent their powerful army. We don't know which of these two statements is true, but what is certain is that the Japanese army really put a five-pointed star on the hat from 1900. And in the subsequent military operations such as the Sino-Russian War and the Pacific War, you can see the five-pointed star on the Japanese hat.
But what makes people curious is why the Japanese only wear a five-pointed star on the hat of the army? In fact, this is because there is a deep contradiction between Lu Haijun and Japan. Therefore, the Japanese navy's hat has a pattern of cherry blossoms on it, while the army uses a five-pointed star and the Japanese navy wears a big hat. The navy never wears boots, because it thinks such clothes can make it look more meaningful, at least more knowledgeable than the army.
In addition, many people naturally think that the flag of the Japanese army in World War II was to put a five-pointed star on the hat, but in fact there was a rising sun on the hat of the Japanese army! In order to show their very strong side, the Japanese army will put a rising sun similar to the Japanese flag on its hat, which is shaped like a red sun. But it is too dangerous to put the red sun on the hat. Red is very striking, so they are easy targets for snipers. On the battlefield in Southeast Asia, because the American and British troops found the red sun on the Japanese hat and the national flag tied to the Japanese head, even if the Japanese army hid in the dense jungle, it was easy for the enemy to find it! This situation is naturally unfavorable to the Japanese army, but the Japanese high-level officials have not come up with a good solution. Generally speaking, the five-pointed star and any other shape are not patented, so it is not surprising that the Japanese put the five-pointed star on their hats!