they were literally already ready to surrender. they only asked for one condition, which they were granted after the bombs were dropped anyway – that the emperor would be allowed to live.
B-but the historian youtube guy told me that only the army on the mainland cared about the soviet invasion. The civilian government only surrendered because of muh atomic bombs. So boooth sides.
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they were literally already ready to surrender. they only asked for one condition, which they were granted after the bombs were dropped anyway – that the emperor would be allowed to live.
B-but the historian youtube guy told me that only the army on the mainland cared about the soviet invasion. The civilian government only surrendered because of muh atomic bombs. So boooth sides.