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[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

It depends on who you ask in Japan. The civilians didn't care about Manchuria since the US was in the process of destroying every city in Japan. They knew the war was lost and wanted it to be over.

The army knew that they couldn't fight the Soviets in Manchuria, occupy China, and repel American invasion of the home Islands. Amd even them, you still had higher ups in the military trying to overthrow rhe government to keep the war going.