We were very fortunate Japan surrendered. They certainly didn't after nearly a year of fire bombing, they didn't after Hiroshima, and they almost didn't after N

We were very fortunate Japan surrendered. They certainly didn't after nearly a year of fire bombing, they didn't after Hiroshima, and they almost didn't after Nagasaki. In fact there was an attempted coup when it was discovered the emperor wanted to surrender. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyūjō_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyūjō_incident