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RE: my vent
Because the populance of the other Axis nations (Germany, Italy, etc.) were well aware that something was wrong and that the war was probably lost months or even years before their nations surrendered, despite government propaganda to the contrary. As opposed to the Japanese who, despite bombers flying at will over their nation's skies and warships bombarding their coastline unopposed, in the main believed government assertions that their forces were holding the Pacific defensive perimeter, and that the Allies were close to conceding because of massive casualties and lack of will. One of the concerns of the peace faction of the government was that the people would refuse to surrender. That was why, in a move unprecedented and previously unthinkable, the Emperor himself went on the radio to announce the surrender and ordered the cessation of hostilites. Admittedly in other Axis nations there were a few fanatics who believed in final victory up to the very end, but the widespread confidence of the Japanese people in the inevitablity of their triumph is remarkable.
Because the populance of the other Axis nations (Germany, Italy, etc.) were well aware that something was wrong and that the war was probably lost months or even years before their nations surrendered, despite government propaganda to the contrary. As opposed to the Japanese who, despite bombers flying at will over their nation's skies and warships bombarding their coastline unopposed, in the main believed government assertions that their forces were holding the Pacific defensive perimeter, and that the Allies were close to conceding because of massive casualties and lack of will. One of the concerns of the peace faction of the government was that the people would refuse to surrender. That was why, in a move unprecedented and previously unthinkable, the Emperor himself went on the radio to announce the surrender and ordered the cessation of hostilites. Admittedly in other Axis nations there were a few fanatics who believed in final victory up to the very end, but the widespread confidence of the Japanese people in the inevitablity of their triumph is remarkable.