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Japan being ruled autocratically, their civilian resolve might not have mattered much. Blockade eliminating fuel imports had them ready to surrender already. T
by ncmncm 4y ago
Japan being ruled autocratically, their civilian resolve might not have mattered much.
Blockade eliminating fuel imports had them ready to surrender already. The nukes were meant to scare Russia. But Russia already knew all about the nukes. So, in the end the nukes and the other civil firestorms were just war crimes. But the victor is not prosecuted.
- RestlessMind 4y ago> had them ready to surrender already. Any citation? This is the first time I have heard this claim.
- AnimalMuppet 4y ago> This is the first time I have heard this claim. Good, because the claim is false. When the emperor decided to surrender, he faced a coup attempt. This was after two atomic bombs and the Russian invasion of Manchuria ("the twin shocks"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABj%C5%8D_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABj%C5%8D_incident
- ncmncm 4y agoThey were, in fact, out of fuel and unable to operate heavy industry, and faced disaster. That the generals had personal opinions they were empowered to act upon did not change the objective fact that as a nation they could no longer wage war, nukes or no nukes. The emperor wanted to negotiate a surrender. They ended up with an "unconditional" surrender, but with an under the table promise to allow the emperor to keep his title.