The War in the Pacific, for many, was easily forgotten compared to the War in Europe. Indeed many soldiers who fought in the jungles and sky around the pacific felt abandoned by the public, with the war with Japan very much forgotten compared once Hitler was destroyed. With the VJ Day being far less celebrated compared to the nationwide party of the VE Day. Despite this it still had a large impact on the family's of the servicemen over there. As many of them did not return to the UK until (in some cases) years after the war, and when they did, where often traumatised by their experiences.

There were some key moments however, when the War of the Pacific was thrown into the spot light. First was the infamous 'Fall of Singapore'. 100,000 Allied defenders fall to just 30,000 Japanese soldiers. Churchill described it as the "the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history". And to many it was a public disgrace. In Lord Moran's diaries, he describes how he felt it was a lack of moral amongst the troops there that caused such a disappointing defense. Years after the war, the image of imperial strength in Asia had been shattered by the Japanese attacks, and British prestige there was irreversibly damaged when, in order for it to win in Europe, it had to rely upon the Americans to safeguard the empires interests in the Pacific. Losing nearly all its influence there.

So in summary, those directly effected by the war with Japan. - Family's of servicemen captured, or killed, despised the Japanese for their excessive destruction, killing and massacre of commonwealth and British troops. The Alexandra Hospital Massacre (A killing of 50 unarmed patients, and a forced death march to horrendous imprisonment with no food or water. Anyone who fell on the way was bayoneted) is a particularly horrific example of why many British fighting there* hated the Japanese to their guts.

But, those unaffected, who either did not experience the war in the Pacific through personal loss or tragedy. Did not have as much negative views on the Japanese as expected. The war there largely forgotten by them.

An example of propaganda used to drum up support for the continuation of the War against Japan is further evidence for how many voters wished for the Pacific war to be over and done with so they could return to complete normality.'Pursue The War against Japan to the very end'

I would very much recommend the Lord Moran Diaries, an excellent first hand account of Churchill's reactions to the losses in the Pacific and the humiliation he felt he received as a result of it.