On This Day We Contact Japan to See If They’ll Discuss Surrender

[Weatherman2020]

August 13, 1945. We attempt contact with Japan to see if they are willing to discuss surrender. A lot was happening in Japan at this time. Even after two nuclear bombs being used, the Japanese military was attempting a coup to keep the Emperor from surrendering.

 

[theHawk]

August 13, 1945. We attempt contact with Japan to see if they are willing to discuss surrender. A lot was happening in Japan at this time. Even after two nuclear bombs being used, the Japanese military was attempting a coup to keep the Emperor from surrendering.

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Yup.

I remember I did a paper on it when in college.

I read that the Japanese officials and diplomats were saying it was just a big bomb, no different than the Tokyo fire bombings that destroyed Tokyo. They were insane. They wanted to keep fighting and were in total denial of reality.

Sound familiar?

 

[whitehall]

"Unconditional surrender". Truman would not discuss terms so the Japanese went to Stalin for a better deal. Apparently the hangup was the Japanese Emperor. They didn't want him executed. Ironically the Emperor wasn't imprisoned or executed anyway after we dropped two Atomic weapons on civilians.