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Originally Posted by Kyt  ...most of the Imperial Army stayed loyal to the wishes of the Emperor. |
Not surprising as they considered him to be a God.
I know Wikipedia is never to be used as an authoritative source, but that article on the Japanese nuke program was quite well-researched I thought.
If the Germans were unable to develop nukes in time, there is no way the Japanese could have. Also, in my opinion, if their home guard forces were training with ceramic blades instead of steel, that is a good indication of the scarcity of all strategic materials, let alone the radioactive materials and precision tooling required to successfully churn out a nuke or two.
Morally I have never agreed with the idea of "nuking 'em till they glow", but in this case it shortened the war by up to two years, saving millions of Allied AND Japanese lives.