The Japanese fought almost to the last man in WWII in many cases. They saw death as better than cowardly surrender. So why did they end up surrendering instead of fighting nearly to the last man in an invasion of the home islands as happened in many other cases on other islands?
>>1495449
Because USA has to justify nuking japan by any means possible of course. To save lives. Don't be surprised if they decide to save even more lives with another nuke in the near future .
>>1495449
Generals wanted to but the Emperor got scared shitless.
>>1495461
Why did they surrender instead of refusing and so the US annihilates them with nukes?
The Emperor told them to
>>1495461
So you think US should have invaded Japan, prolonging the war and causing unheralded numbers of casualties? Please liberate this world of your presence...