I did.ELB wrote: ↑Thu Nov 07, 2019 4:42 pmDid you read the posts at the link?
I think there is a case to be made that the government was so bureaucratically inept and so overwhelmed by (losing) the war that they didn't quite put 2 and 2 together. But unless NHK is completely lying it is apparent that the Japanese knew the US had an atomic weapon, and that there were B-29s at Tinian that were segregated and not being used for regular bombing missions. In this case, they failed to put 2+2 together twice.
It would not be the only time that government leaders had plain evidence of a threat to their people and purposely failed to act on it because that would collide with their own beliefs and priorities.
It wasn't that they were so inept or overwhelmed, they didn't want to admit that someone else could do what they couldn't so they said it was impossible. Did you read it?
Just kidding.