Re: World War II in the Pacific
- From: Timo Nieminen <uqtniemi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 06:36:53 +1000
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Gregory L. Hansen wrote:
It wouldn't have mattered. Only complete and unconditional surrender was acceptable to the Allies.
Ah, but the surrender they did accept was not unconditional.
Which, I'd imagine, is a scary concept to the people being told to surrender, although it turned out not so bad for them.
The emperor's surrender announcement tells a lot about what they thought about the concept.
But MacArthur was good for them; whatever his faults as a general, he knew how to be a shogun very well.
The Korean War influenced the reconstruction of Japan quite a bit. The need for a strong base for the fight against Communism.
-- Timo Nieminen - Home page: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/nieminen/ E-prints: http://eprint.uq.edu.au/view/person/Nieminen,_Timo_A..html Shrine to Spirits: http://www.users.bigpond.com/timo_nieminen/spirits.html .
- Prev by Date: minitaller
- Next by Date: Why Algebraic Establishment Missed Knowledge Equation
- Previous by thread: minitaller
- Next by thread: Why Algebraic Establishment Missed Knowledge Equation
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
