Why no notice of Pearl Harbour?
Why didn’t surrender after first bomb?
As the Americans allowed- or even, in the case of MacArthur, encouraged- Hirohito to stay on, why would they not give that guarantee to help persuade the Japanese to surrender?
Why do some Americans see Nagasaki as equivalent to Pearl Harbour?
How could the disciplined, law abiding and well mannered Japanese go so wild and out of control in WWII?
There are a million possible answers to this one- religion, racism, letting off steam they couldn’t at home, not having a clear chain of command etc. The most important point to understand, though, is that the Japanese are not law abiding in the same way as a jobsworth Englishman or German is. Japanese harmony is not achieved by writing down rules and following them, but rather by following unspoken signals in order not to stand out in the crowd. This can be seen when one person starts walking the wrong side of a platform staircase or crossing on a red light and others follow without looking at the official sign.Japanese health explained
