“Due to the nationwide food shortage... - it will be necessary to kill all of the infirm old people, the very young, and the sick.
Admiral Onishi: “If we are prepared to sacrifice 20 million Japanese lives in kamikaze effort, victory will be ours.”
“With luck, we will repulse the invaders before they land.” - General Yoshijiro Umezu
“Who can be 100% sure of defeat?” - War minister General Anami
Reminds me of the mindset of one William Ayres, he was also prepared to eliminate 25 million Americans...remember?
His is typical of nearly every totalitarian’s perspective since Robspierre and the French Revolution’s Jacobins: You can’t make an omlet without breaking some eggs.