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Originally Posted by Vorkosigan
Additionally, starvation sets in in Japan itself (by Nov 1 1945, even without the war, there was a four day rice supply in Japan) and in Korea as well, where the Army had seized the rice crop.
Feel free to explain why they would have surrendered given that the war was the Emperor's baby and supported by the military, which could stop any surrender plan simply by resigning, or staging a coup (which actually happened).
Vorkosigan
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Don't you answer your own question here? By your own admission, a handful of leaders, detached from reality, continued to labour under the illusion that victory was possible.
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Originally Posted by Vorkosigan
Recall that sitting in Tokyo, anyone could unroll the map and see Japanese troops still sitting in islands all over the Pacific, and vast reaches of Asia still in Japanese hands. The government, including the Emperor, was not aware of the progress of the war -- for example, not until 1944 did many in the government become aware of the fact that Japan had lost four carriers at Midway -- and no one understood that those numerous garrisons on far-flung islands were so many ripe fruits for the US to pick any time it wanted.
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Those in contact with reality were aware that they were already defeated. Japan was effectively defeated, except for the admission of a few. How long could those few have held out against reality?