I forget what show I saw, but a Japanese man being interviewed said that his whole town committed suicide when they were told the Americans were going to take them over. They had all been told the Americans were going to be inhumanly cruel to them, including torture and cannibalism (the Americans were the devil to them). I don't remember the specifics, but he remembers being a kid and hiding while his whole family killed themselves (and everyone else). He was afraid to die, and he eventually was found by an American soldier who gave him water and food. I think the show went into details how the Japanese thought of their leader like he himself was a god. Who knows if millions would have killed themselves, but if any country would have, it would of been the Japanese.
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