“It took a second bomb for them to surrender.”
Barely... the emperor had to step-in to break the deadlock after Nagisaki. That was unprecedented. Even then there was a coup attempt by some Army officers that nearly succeeded.
> Barely... the emperor had to step-in to break the deadlock after Nagisaki. That was unprecedented. Even then there was a coup attempt by some Army officers that nearly succeeded.
True. The generals did not want to surrender.
“Barely... the emperor had to step-in to break the deadlock after Nagisaki. That was unprecedented. Even then there was a coup attempt by some Army officers that nearly succeeded.”
I read that the generals were all for continuing the war.
One civilian minister took the unusual move of directly asking the emperor for his opinion.
It was then that emperor Hirohito made the decision for surrender.
No civilian minister had ever asked the emperor to give his opinion.
The army held the strong hand and didn’t let go.