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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
Life imprisonment and individuals were paroled after 5-10 years?
hardly justice.
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Good point. LET'S NUKE EM!
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
sorry.. JUSTICE... please see that word.
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Another good point. NUKE EM!
So, to summarize, while you were under the impression from your readings that there was no courtroom that was able to hold accountable any Japanese soldiers for "warcrimes":
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Originally Posted by Cynthetiq
I have not read of any courtroom that was able to hold responsible any Japanese soldiers for warcrimes.
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There actually were, and it's such an obvious fact that even wikipedia has information on it. Did you read the Wiki page? 3 prime ministers, were convicted of class A war crimes. Military leadership was convicted. Outside of the Tokyo Trials, 5,600 Japanese personnel were prosecuted, including in the Philippines!
You can't guess history, Cynth. You actually have to do the research.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
The Japanese Premier never made any such overtures. It was done in his name without his knowledge.
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Japan Premier Suzuki, July of 1945. While it's generally reported that he announced that Japan would never surrender (or some such nonsense), he was actually the one who laid out the Emperor condition towards the end of attempts, immediately before the bombs were dropped.
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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
They had planes and pilots left in the last days. They were just stockpiling the gasoline to run them in anticipation of the invasion.
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As I said, Japan ran out of oil in April of 1945.