65 years to the day after the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, one has to ask still, why the Japanese clung so tenaciously to non-surrender, especially after such devastating military losses, fire-bombings of Tokyo and other large cities, and a nuclear blast that flattened Hiroshima 3 days earlier.
Japan had a figure head emperor but had been slowly taken over by a military government. The people were far removed and had been convinced that they must fight hand to hand, if necessary, to the death to protect their homeland and the Emperor. Until the surrender, the Japanese people had never heard their Emperor’s voice.
Read More
