They were actually training women and children to fight American soldiers with bamboo spears. That's not made up. The Japanese military oligarchy was certifiably insane.
The two examples you cited aren't about civilians, though. So you're implying that civilian and military culture were identical, and you're doing so with no evidence.
The unconditional surrender wasn't a wrong demand. It's worse that the US demanded unconditional surrender and then McArthur didn't even accept Hirohito's resignation when it was offered, and manipulated the war crimes trials to completely absolve him and the Imperial family of any guilt.
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I mean they did surrender right after that. Kind of proves that theory wrong.
They were actually training women and children to fight American soldiers with bamboo spears. That's not made up. The Japanese military oligarchy was certifiably insane.
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People will do very extreme things when their homeland is invaded. Look at how fierce Soviet resistance was to the Nazis.
I think they would. Consider Kamikaze pilots. Or stories of stranded soldiers in the Pacific who never accepted surrender. It was religious.
Neither of those are remotely similar.
How about consider every other war before and since has ended without nuclear bombs.
Not sure if you meant to reply to me, but I was talking about Japanese civilians being ready to fight, not deploying nukes.
The two examples you cited aren't about civilians, though. So you're implying that civilian and military culture were identical, and you're doing so with no evidence.
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The unconditional surrender wasn't a wrong demand. It's worse that the US demanded unconditional surrender and then McArthur didn't even accept Hirohito's resignation when it was offered, and manipulated the war crimes trials to completely absolve him and the Imperial family of any guilt.