Re: Russia, Manchuria, Japan
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Even on Aug 13 the [Japanese] cabinet was still split on whether to surrender - some still wished to fight on, General Anami Korechika being one of them.
[/ QUOTE ] The Japanese ultra-nationalists abided by the old warrior ethos of honor and self-sacrifice.
The Nazi leader wished for himself and for defeated Germany a hellfire final act much like a Wagnerian twilight of the gods.
It was, in hindsight, almost inevitable that both regimes would all end as they did.
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The Emperor of Japan was (is) a God.
[/ QUOTE ]That was (is) Eric Clapton.
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