ROBERT'S COLLECTION OF AMERICAN HISTORICAL FACTS...

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Truly an amazing nation because of the character of the people. While the war was being waged against America, the Japanese were united in spirit and were determined to fight until the last person was standing. That is not to commend their cause or intellect at the time, but their will to follow time-honored tradition of obeying the Emperor. Did Japan surrender because most of their cities were burned? Was it the atomic bombs that persuaded them to surrender? No. What caused them to surrender? Their Emperor, at the urging of some very enlightened progressives, explained why the "bushido" or way of the warrior no longer applied to what was happening. More about reasons for the surrender, but once they surrendered, that was the end of it, so to speak. Once the documents of surrender were signed, General Douglas Mac Arthur said, "...these proceedings are now closed." And Douglas Mac Arthur became the Allied Supreme Commander of Japan, a title that meant almost the same thing as Your Emperor is Speaking. Did hostilities really cease? Yes, except for some soldiers in the Ryyukus and certain isolated areas in the Philippines. That is to say that an UNARMED AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS ABLE TO WALK THROUGH THE DARKEST STREETS OF TOKYO WITHOUT FEAR OF BEING HARMED. 

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