I read where that happened. There was some sort of fight among the generals. They were going to equip the populace with bamboo spears to ward off our guys should we have invaded. There were stories about some guys crying in relief after they heard about the atomic bombing knowing that the war was over and they didn’t have to invade. It was said that at least a million Japanese would have died if we invaded plus our loss of life; look how terrible Okinawa was.
Iwo Jima and every small island they occupied. We were losing a ship and a half every day during that campaign.
The ship I serve on in 1965 had taken a kamikaze attack and survived.
How were they any different than the suicide bombers of today? The Japanese were unbelievably cruel and fanatical.