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What are you talking about? Japan completely gave up on declaring their own terms. Taking away the godhood of the emperor was a colossal blow. If Japan surre
by bpodgursky 11y ago
What are you talking about? Japan completely gave up on declaring their own terms. Taking away the godhood of the emperor was a colossal blow. If Japan surrendered on their own terms, there would absolutely have been no occupation.
Japan for a decade after the war was a completely occupied, controlled, planned state (by the US). They got NONE of their own terms. What about "unconditional surrender" is BS?
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoThe Emperor remained in his palace, with his traditional signs of power. For the Japanese, that was huge.
- bpodgursky 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito "U.S. General Douglas MacArthur insisted that Emperor Hirohito retain the throne. MacArthur saw the Emperor as a symbol of the continuity and cohesion of the Japanese people. " That was a tactical US decision to help reconstruction. It had nothing to do with the Japanese govt wanting it.