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To: Campion

“... that it was insanity for Japan to have gone to war against _this many_ nations.”

Like the story of “The Emperor has no clothes”, I’m guessing not too many people said no to the Emperor.

And for all of the planning, iirc they had to quickly improvise a steel kitchen table for the signing.


17 posted on 09/02/2025 9:32:39 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant - Never Fearful)
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To: 21twelve
It was really that nobody, including the Emperor, said "no" to the Army. It was Tojo and the other generals who wanted war.

Yamamoto and the Navy were strongly against going to war against the US, but the admirals knew there was a good chance they would be assassinated if they didn't go along. Japanese politics weren't very civilized in that era.

18 posted on 09/02/2025 12:32:12 PM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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