The day after Hiroshima Japanese scientists returned to Tokyo and told the Imperial Cabinet that the bomb had been atomic. The Army possessed intelligence that the US had two to three more bombs and they as samurai should fight to the bitter end to satisfy the bushi dignity of war. THe US received no message from the Japanese about peace negotiations. The next day the Bockscar B-29 was loaded with a Fat Man on Tinian Island and flew with escorts to Nagasaki, an industrial center on the southern island of Kyoshu.
At 11:01 the clouds cleared beneath the bomber and the second atomic bomb was dropped on a city of over 200,000. THe explosion cupped by the hills surrounding Nagasaki intensifying the destruction. THe US reported 60,000. Mostly workers and civilians. Only one hundred and fifty soldiers died on the ground.
On August 9, the Imperial Cabinet met to discuss surrender. The Amry was against capitulation. The Emperor had the final say. As long as Kokutai or Japanese sovereignty could be preserved, he realized that surrender was the only honorable way out of this war without asking his people to die rather than accept defeat. Truman was bound to drop more bombs as they began available. The next for August 19. The Emperor faced reality.
"Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization."
After announcing the cessation of war, die-hard militarists staged a coup. They failed and peace has reigned in Japan. 1945 to 2025. Eighty years. But not so for the USA, trapped as the world's superpower in Endless Wars everywhere in the world, especially in Gaza, where the Azraelis have killed over 300,000 Palestinians in revenge for the twelve hundred deada from Hamas' October 6, Attack. And they aren't stopping yet or in Syria or Yemen or the West Bank. And Azrael has yet to use a Nuclear Bomb. Of curse they can't, since they are basically bombing that which they want for themselves. Judah.
One day there will be peace.
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