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Discussion on the necessity of the Atomic Bombs(And general Strategic Bombing) on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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<blockquote data-quote="Helmsman" data-source="post: 1545490" data-attributes="member: 14018"><p>The devotion of the Japanese to the Bushido Code can be seen in the minuscule amount of prisoners taken in land battles from Tarawa to Okinawa. Most of the time prisoners were impressed Korean laborers. Even Japanese civilians committed suicide rather than be taken prisoner. See the Battle of Saipan. The same fanaticism drove them to deliberately fly aircraft into ships. And had the Home Islands been invaded plans were underway to use kamikazes against shore targets. The Japanese were tough and spiritually strong. Even at the close of the war there was still a portion of the officer corps who opposed surrendering to the point of attempting a coup. An IJN captain near Tokyo actually committed ritual suicide because he could not get his men to shoot down the transport carrying the first surrender delegation to Manila.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helmsman, post: 1545490, member: 14018"] The devotion of the Japanese to the Bushido Code can be seen in the minuscule amount of prisoners taken in land battles from Tarawa to Okinawa. Most of the time prisoners were impressed Korean laborers. Even Japanese civilians committed suicide rather than be taken prisoner. See the Battle of Saipan. The same fanaticism drove them to deliberately fly aircraft into ships. And had the Home Islands been invaded plans were underway to use kamikazes against shore targets. The Japanese were tough and spiritually strong. Even at the close of the war there was still a portion of the officer corps who opposed surrendering to the point of attempting a coup. An IJN captain near Tokyo actually committed ritual suicide because he could not get his men to shoot down the transport carrying the first surrender delegation to Manila. [/QUOTE]
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