60 Years Ago This Week

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Originally Posted by djacq75

Yes, but the Emperor could've made them swallow it on July 15 as easily as on August 15. He was a god, remember?

Notice two fundamental facts. First, purpose of war is to take a conflict back to the negotiation table. Getting there was a problem because, second, 85% of all problems are directly traceable to top management.

To end WWII, destruction had to be so great as to force top management to concede to reality. Reality was unconditional surrender. Japan leaders refused to concede to that bottom line long after the war was lost. Therefore people had to keep dying. Keep dying until Japan conceded to conditions for negotiations. The purpose of war - and death - that negotiation table.