Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East VI. Given the insane brutality of the Pacific war, the stranglehold the Japanese military had on its society, and the utterl

Dan Carlin's Supernova in the East VI. Given the insane brutality of the Pacific war, the stranglehold the Japanese military had on its society, and the utterly unbreakable Japanese will that just kept going loss after brutal loss even when it was clear to everyone involved that there was no possible way left for them to win, Carlin makes it clear that the leaders of the day certainly felt justified with their decisions to first firebomb and then atomic bomb Japanese civilians and cities. A couple of weeks later a friend told me that he believed that you should be willing to fight to the death, and even the death of others, for what you believe is right. I think morally of course you should be committed to your beliefs, but if you replicate that to that extent on a society-wide scale, you might end up with another Imperial Japan. https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-67-supernova-in-the-east-vi/ https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-67-supern... (Of course, as Carlin will often tell you, he's not a historian and is more interested in an emotional story than 100% true facts. I'll also recommend Ian Toll's Pacific War book trilogy for a more accurate take on events. Plus, it covers the incredibly brutal Battle of Manila that Carlin leaves out.)