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Originally Posted by aap1966
Yep.
Their "rationality" is not necessarily consistent with your 'rationality'.
The Japanese military were determined to fight on despite losing 2 cities to nukes and the credible threat of "a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth". The Japanese only stopped fighting when their Emperor god decided to over rule the military. The NK Emperor god would perhaps not follow that path.
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This.
The entire population of the main island of Japan were ready to fight hand to hand to the death for their emperor. Old ladies and children. If they were overwhelmed the would commit. They used women with babies in arms with bombs strapped to themselves to get past the front lines and then blow themselves up and kill those in the rear on Okinawa. Then they threw themselves off of cliffs to prevent capture.
When the US finally captured Okinawa there were a huge number of what we now call PTSD and US troops that were sent home with "shell shock"
World War II Psychiatric Wounds of War | Defense Media Network
The psychiatric wounds of the troops was a huge percentage.