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Posted on 01/08/2023 8:30:36 AM PST by lowbridge
The Kyūjō incident (宮城事件, Kyūjō Jiken) was an attempted military coup d'état in the Empire of Japan at the end of the Second World War. It happened on the night of 14–15 August 1945, just before the announcement of Japan's surrender to the Allies. The coup was attempted by the Staff Office of the Ministry of War of Japan and many from the Imperial Guard to stop the move to surrender.
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In his 1967 book, The Fall of Japan, William Craig wrote in depth of the efforts to stop the surrender.
The emperor himself had to intervene to move forward with the surrender, so great was the opposition among the general staff.
I understand that much of the change to the Jap constitution that weakened the military to a home defense force is rooted in the militarists take-over of the government leading to the war and the desire to continue it.
Interesting, I saved it.
Hmmmm, the timing of our awareness of this event?
Prescient, or too late?
Actually, the desire to contain or constrict it.
One thing you forgot to mention: the Emperor’s speech was made in the obsolete Kobun dialect, which even back then relatively few Japanese understood (unless you had a very good education at the high school or college level). As such, many who heard the speech had difficulty understanding it during the broadcast.
What was broadcast with the speech, or only speech broadcast?
My dad was career Air Force, and our family went to Japan 1959, I was 3 years old. I find it astounding even today that only 14 years after the end of World War II, American military dependents were allowed to go to Japan. We were there for 3 years. I have vivid early childhood memories of being there. We went back in the early ‘70s, and I experienced two of my best growing up, teenage years while in Japan. I’m very grateful to have had the experience.
When Americans finally landed on Japan.’ they ruled with a pretty heavy iron fist. Anything less than total subservience was met with swift and deadly response. No messing around was allowed in the least. Incredibly strict but fair.
Do you have any citations for that?
In Germany that was certainly the case. From my readings of the history of the occupation, the heaviest iron fist goes to the USSR in their occupation zone as you would expect. A distant second place goes to France. One book I read claims that France in their occupation zone purposely starved a million Germans to death. Did it by being deliberately incompetent in food distribution! Then the UK a further distance third; I don’t remember reading about the Brits committing any vengeance atrocities, but it wouldn’t surprise me that they did. The US was a very distant fourth; tough but again I don’t remember reading about any deliberate cruelties.
I’ve never heard of any definitive books on the history of the US occupation of Japan.
Excellent. Thanks for posting the link.
All thrived because of an early education there. The youngest is an executive for an internationally known company. The middle daughter is a quality control manager for an equally well known Japanese auto maker in the southeast. The oldest tutors Japanese executives on-line.
OTOH, they never did learn how to put a condom on a cucumber or about the 56 different genders. They are all in stable marriages.
😁😁😁
Congrats on your daughters success.
Bkmk
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