In August 1945, Americans welcomed the news that Japan had surrendered and World War II would soon be over. Yet Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli reveal that a desperate last-minuted coup plot by the military in the face of humiliating surrender almost derailed peace and prolonged the war.
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Links for this episode:
- William Craig’s book The Fall of Japan: The Final Weeks of World War II in the Pacific
- Emperor Hirohito
- Emperor Yoshihito
- Potsdam Declaration
- Surrender of Japan
- 1945 Coup
- 1936 Coup
- 1931 Coup
- Jewel Voice Broadcast
- Tyrannicide
- The Catechism on coups
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