By the way, for those making the claim that the Japanese were about to surrender prior to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I suggest you look up the story of Hiroo Onoda (Also, Private Yuichi Akatsu, Corporal Shoichi Shimada and PFC Kinshichi Kozaku) . These soldiers were ordered to the Lupang Islands in the Philipines and ordered to hamper enemy attacks on the island. He was also ordered to neither surrender, or take his own life.
Hiroo, finally stood down on March 9th, 1974, after his former commander Major Yoshimi Taniguchi brought orders, relieving him of duty. Philipino villagers, had attempted over the years to inform them of the surrender of Japan, but the soldiers believed the communique's to be fakes.
It was a terrible war, and we saw the price that's paid when people assume they have a living deity on their side. It relates to the problems with divine command theory. I do not say this to justify anything, I've no idea what choice I would've made, and I'm glad I'm not in a position to have to make those decisions.
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