Passenger_1977 t1_j6buacj wrote on January 29, 2023 at 5:21 AM Reply to TIL about the Kyujo Incident that occurred on Aug 14, 1945 where several Japanese officers occupied the Japanese Imperial Palace in an attempted coup of the Emperor to prevent him from surrendering to the Allies. They murdered several people and when their plot failed, they committed suicide. by ClownfishSoup Japan would not be a country today if they had been defeated in the war by a foreign enemy on their island. The only reason they remain a country today is they attributed their defeat to a weapon created by witchcraft. Permalink 2
Passenger_1977 t1_j6buacj wrote
Reply to TIL about the Kyujo Incident that occurred on Aug 14, 1945 where several Japanese officers occupied the Japanese Imperial Palace in an attempted coup of the Emperor to prevent him from surrendering to the Allies. They murdered several people and when their plot failed, they committed suicide. by ClownfishSoup
Japan would not be a country today if they had been defeated in the war by a foreign enemy on their island.
The only reason they remain a country today is they attributed their defeat to a weapon created by witchcraft.