Psychological profiling is a logical and accurate science, and there is no "hindsight" in what I posted. All of it is available information we had prior to ending ww2 and sending our troops home.
here one more time for ya
- The Great Famine in Ukraine (1932/33)
- The Katyn massacre (1940)
- The SS-KGB partnership [in the late 1930s the KGB was called NKVD]
- Soviet mass deportations
They helped deport and kill jews, they slaughter Ukraine's both via execution or forced advance on the battle field.
He even said. and I quoted -
A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron.
Joseph Stalin
Death is the solution to all problems. No man - no problem.
Joseph Stalin
Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
Joseph Stalin
Everyone imposes his own system as far as his army can reach.
Joseph Stalin
Gratitude is a sickness suffered by dogs.
Joseph Stalin
History shows that there are no invincible armies.
Joseph Stalin
I trust no one, not even myself.
Joseph Stalin
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
Joseph Stalin
If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.
Joseph Stalin
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
Joseph Stalin
In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.
Joseph Stalin
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.
Joseph Stalin
One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.~ to Churchill, 1945.
Joseph Stalin
Print is the sharpest and the strongest weapon of our party.
Joseph Stalin
The only real power comes out of a long rifle.
Joseph Stalin
The Pope? How many divisions has he got?
Joseph Stalin
The writer is the engineer of the human soul.
Joseph Stalin
When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
Joseph Stalin
I'm willing to bet at least 1/4th of these quotes where before 1945. So ya, there is more then enough evidence about it.
And yes, every general knows basic psychology, it is a job requirement. Same goes with a good historical knowledge. Also generals have staff members that some also have those backgrounds. I think your assuming he is stupider then he was or that he was understaffed.
I yield to the fact that the west likely didn't know about the emperor and the message he was trying to get out.
However I contest that Bushido doesn't allow a military to surrender. It has been done several times during there feudal era, usually the leaders commit suicide because success is there mission. Bushido dictates that one should not surrender in combat where your objective requires you to kill another being without accomplishing your objective. Bushido is highly intertwined with Shinto-Buddhism which preaches high value to life. It goes along the lines that should you be willing to take life to accomplish your goals you should put you life on the line as well, much like betting if anything. The shame comes from failing to see there goals threw while taking the stance on the issue they do. However it is there value of life that allows them to carry threw with it, and when you think about it, it makes sense. The defeat thing is a common misconception of the culture.
Most of the issues involving Japanese citizens killing themselves is because japan had lots of spies in America and they used our concentration camps and propaganda. Being slaves to people they considered barbarian was something they feared more then death since there religion holds nothing against suicide, and believes in reincarnation. Above all don't make the mistake of thinking there above human, they all wanted to live as much as the rest of us. It's there value of life, quality of life, and the propaganda that pushed most of there citizens to suicide. As for the soldiers ordered to fight, they died well, they did there job to the end.
ps - I'm not a pscychologist, I am a tactical analyst in the US navy. That's about all I can say since I have posted insults of our policies on a couple occasions on this forum. I strive to become a general someday in the army or for the marines, however I still have a long way to go. So maybe you know how intimately I understand the requirements of the post. There is no way the ALLIED commander is less qualified then me in anyway minus I have no political agenda.
btw you russian buddy? you seem to be taking this personally so much so you ignored all the other facts I posted about his actions, which tends to be a sign of mixed anger or confusion. If you are just remember in 1922 Lenin tried to have Stalin kicked out of his position because even he seen this coming. I am not a fan of communism even though on paper it is the best damn system I have ever seen, but humans screw it up every time. Lenin kept it pure, had he been alive and in Stalin's place, I would make peace with him.