• Phish [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      I mean they did surrender right after that. Kind of proves that theory wrong.

    • HarryLime [any]
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      4 years ago

      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.

        • HarryLime [any]
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          4 years ago

          People will do very extreme things when their homeland is invaded. Look at how fierce Soviet resistance was to the Nazis.

        • Perplexiglass [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          I think they would. Consider Kamikaze pilots. Or stories of stranded soldiers in the Pacific who never accepted surrender. It was religious.

          • russianattack [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Neither of those are remotely similar.

            How about consider every other war before and since has ended without nuclear bombs.

            • Perplexiglass [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              Not sure if you meant to reply to me, but I was talking about Japanese civilians being ready to fight, not deploying nukes.

              • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                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.

        • HarryLime [any]
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          4 years ago

          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.