Desperate Coup in Japan at the end of World War II! - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
In August 1945, Americans welcomed the news that Japan had surrendered and World War II would soon be over. Yet Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli reveal that a desperate last-minute coup plot by the military in the face of humiliating surrender almost derailed peace and prolonged the war.
https://sqpn.com/2020/08/desperate-coup-in-japan-wwii-emergency-the-kyujo-incident-1945/
Further Resources:
• William Craig’s book The Fall of Japan: The Final Weeks of World War II in the Pacific: https://amzn.to/2XuwgzQ
• Emperor Hirohito: https://tinyurl.com/ybtf68k7
• Emperor Yoshihito: https://tinyurl.com/ybqf5a2r
• Potsdam Declaration: https://tinyurl.com/ycod4ahg
• Surrender of Japan: https://tinyurl.com/ycpx9m9j
• 1945 Coup: https://tinyurl.com/y9tgajpk
• 1936 Coup: https://tinyurl.com/yce2wgf5
• 1931 Coup: https://tinyurl.com/y8e8pta2
• Jewel Voice Broadcast: https://tinyurl.com/ydzd598u
• Tyrannicide: https://tinyurl.com/yclu9dml
• The Catechism on coups: https://tinyurl.com/ycwpczvu
Mysterious Headlines: (Golden State Killer Update, originally discussed in Ep. 38)
• Golden State Killer Admits Crimes: https://tinyurl.com/y6k8lq3s
• Video of Golden State Killer Plea Hearing: https://youtu.be/LYXYxEXNSv4