Discussion WorldWarII / WarInAsiaAndThePacific

I wanted to add a note to the surrender of Japan, mentioning how the Emperor's broadcast given to the civilians had to be followed by an additional speech given to the military since fighting was still continuing in China.

Is that alright? This is the change I would implement.

The Emperor himself calls it quits. After the ruling council failed to come to a decision on what to do, he breaks the tie and gives his support for unconditional surrender on 14 August, effectively commanding his subjects to accept his decision in his first-ever radio broadcast to the whole Empire ^note  It's worth noting that while this was declared to the civilian populous at home, many of the officers and soldiers abroad, especially in mainland China, didn't really halt their fighting at first, with many of the upper staff admitting that there would likely be many officers and soldiers who simply wouldn't surrender. What resulted from this was continued hostilities in China that had to be addressed immediately before the allies began think that the call to surrender was a trick and not genuine. A second broadcast had to be given by the Emperor that specifically called upon the army to surrender in the wake of the Soviet advances into Manchuria, notably not mentioning the atomic bombs in a direct opposite to the address made to the civilians on the home islands. This is what truly convinced many of the armed forces to surrender since it became increasingly clear that trying to bleed the Americans dry with Ketsugō wasn't possible anymore since now the Soviets would have to be fought as well, turning an extremely unfavorable scenario into something downright impossible.. Following a failed last-minute coup by some junior officers who wish to continue the war—and a wave of suicides amongst his civil and military servants—the formal surrender is signed aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on 2 September.\

I know this isn't wikipedia, but could I see a source for the "secret communist Japanese peace deal"? Wikipedia doesn't have that anywhere.

Before I removed it, this article stated that when the USS Indianapolis was sunk, an atomic bomb went down with it. I would like to know where they got this information. The Indianapolis brought the bomb parts to Tinian and was sunk on its return trip. There is no reason there would have been a bomb aboard at that time, and I have never seen even a hint that it happened.

If the original poster could cite the source of their information it would be appreciated.