Under the pressure of the enormous damage caused by the atomic bomb, Japan announced its surrender to the world on August 15, 1945, but little is known about what happened the night before Japan's surrender.
Japan is stubborn, ignoring the proclamation, not having the atomic bomb, and never surrendering.
On August 6, 1945, the American "little boy" landed in Hiroshima, Japan, and Hiroshima was destroyed, but the Main War Faction of Japanese militarism was still not dead-hearted, and they did not believe that such a powerful weapon, the Yankees, still existed. So, the second atomic bomb "Fat Man" landed in Nagasaki, and with a bang, Nagasaki was also destroyed.
Four days later, the United States heard Japan accept the broadcast of the Potsdam Proclamation, and the stone in its heart landed. On the same day, the Japanese government sent a telegram to Sweden and Switzerland to convey the intention of surrender to China, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union, and the news of Japan's unconditional surrender spread throughout the world on August 10.
Emperor Hirohito wanted to escape responsibility and prompt a mutiny.
However, this is only a note, not a real surrender. Moreover, Japan's announcement of surrender seems to be calm and logical, but in fact it is a small means for Japan's Emperor Hirohito to escape responsibility.
▲ : MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito, Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces
Faced with the grave circumstances of the destruction of the entire country, the Japanese Emperor had to put the decision to surrender on the agenda, and the entire Japanese government at that time was in an uproar.
The main war faction and the main peace faction did not give in to each other, but then the minister of commerce and agriculture came up with the objective fact that no one could avoid, pointing out that the current daily food supply of the Japanese people was 23 tablespoons, and if the war continued, by the end of the year, half of the people would starve to death and the country would be on the verge of collapse.
Both sides are dumbfounded, but don't think it's going to end well. The Emperor of Japan specifically revealed to the radicals in the Army through his subordinates that he had recorded a declaration of surrender.
At that time, the radicals in the Japanese Army had been brainwashed by Japanese militarism since childhood, so the spirit of Bushido that preferred to die in battle became an unchangeable idea in their minds, so they selectively ignored the power of the atomic bomb.
When they heard that the emperor was ready to surrender, they were out of anger. An invisible coup was brewing, and on the evening of August 14, it swept towards the Japanese Emperor's Palace like a raging flood.
These radical soldiers set fire to the Prime Minister's Office, killed a lieutenant general, and finally attacked the Japanese Emperor's Palace. The emperor, who had already received the news, hid in advance and hid the recordings of the surrender.
When a large number of radical armed men broke into the Emperor's Palace, they were stunned, because the Emperor's Palace was clearly an "empty city", and they could not find the Emperor, let alone achieve their goals through the Emperor.
The night was destined to be a tense, oppressive and long night for the militant militants. They felt a strong sense of spiritual pride, believing themselves to be saving a country that was on the verge of humiliation, and delusionally believing that they were the heroes of the Empire of Japan.
What they didn't know, however, was that the Emperor was hiding in a secret place watching what they were doing, and when it felt like the time was almost right, the Emperor issued an order to the Imperial Palace Guard, which had been waiting outside for a long time, and the guards were full of guns and live ammunition to surround the Emperor's Palace, and all the radicals became turtles in an urn.
The end result can be imagined, the radicals revolt failed, and the leader committed suicide by caesarean section.
The so-called unconditional acceptance of Japan's surrender is to demand the safety of the imperial family and the integrity of national sovereignty before unconditionally accepting the surrender, and the surrender edict plays a word game!
For the coup d'état the night before the surrender, some people believe that if the coup is successful, then Japan will continue to fight until the 100 million jade crush plan is completed, until the Soviet Union blows up Mt. Fuji, until the United States has built 500,000 Purple Star Medals.
However, all this is a big drama directed by the Japanese emperor himself, by pushing the responsibility to the radicals, to seek a trace of sympathy from the United States and other allies, as the director of the emperor, naturally will not let the mutiny succeed.
The next day, August 15, after the main war faction was suppressed, the people of the main descending faction gained the upper hand, and the surrender ceremony proceeded smoothly.
However, the edict of surrender is full of mysteries. At exactly 12:00 p.m. on the same day, the Broadcasting Association of Japan building reported a recording of Emperor Hirohito's surrender in advance, and the recording reads:
In view of the current situation of the empire in the general situation of the world, he wants to take extraordinary measures to clean up the situation, and hereby tells his loyal subjects: Hereby orders the imperial government to inform the four countries of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and China, and accept the Potsdam Proclamation...
A careful reading of the Emperor's edict of surrender reveals that he did not mention aggression, defeat, or even surrender at all. This is clearly insincere.
On September 2, when Japan officially signed the surrender on the main deck of the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Emperor Hirohito of Japan had to reissuance a second surrender edict, which had some real surrender implications.
Therefore, on August 14, 1945, the night before Japan's surrender, there was a serious mutiny in Japan, intending to destroy the surrender recording recorded in advance by the emperor and stab the minister who surrendered in parallel, because in the eyes of the main war faction, Anan Anan, the chief of staff, and The Chief of Staff, Umezu Mijiro, and the chief of naval command, Toyoda Vice Takeshi, Japan did not lose the war, and there was still a chance to decisively fight on the mainland, and they firmly believed that the decisive battle on the mainland would cause the Americans to suffer a heavy blow and may even turn the tide of the war.
However, the Japanese emperor strangled the mutiny, did not give the main war faction a chance to come to power, and finally accepted the surrender unconditionally, saving the entire Japanese nation.