Only one correction: Hirohito wasn't an Admiral, he was the Japanese emperor. Tojo was the Admiral.lanternlad wrote:Admiral Hirohito warned Tojo against invading the mainland US. He had studied at a university here, and had a pretty good idea about mainland society. He said that an invasion would fail because, "there is a rifle behind every blade of grass".During WWII the Japanese decided not to invade America because they knew most Americans were ARMED!
Interestingly, it was also Soviet policy that an invasion of the mainland USA was a bad idea, for exactly the same reason. They has all sorts of plans to decapitate the government and destroy the military, but they knew they couldn't conquer the people.