(July 5, 2018 at 4:15 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:Until Nagasaki the Japanese were not going to surrender.
The Japanese were trying to get Russia to broker a settlement with the Allies. The Russians attacked Manchuria the same day as the Nagasaki bomb fell. Double-crossed by the Russians the Japs knew it was over.
The firebrands still had to be brought to heel and there was an abortive attempt at a coup to try to prevent the broadcast of the Imperial Rescript on the 15th but it failed.
The Japanese never had any hope for "good offices" from the Russians. Their ambassadors were all trying to get instructions as to what they could say and promise, and Gaimu Daijin was silent.
