WI Hirohito was hanged?

That was what it was before they changed the channel name. Pity they didn't pick the Ancient Aliens, Nostradamus and Monster Quest Network instead.

:D Completely agree. I can't remember the last time they played anything to do with history and not ancient conspiracies or garbage picking Indianna Joneses.
 
Even when they were doing history, I can't remember them actually doing history. :rolleyes:

Nazis and aliens isn't history?

What about Bigfoot? What about Hitler's hunt for the blood of Jesus and crystal skulls?

You obviously don't appreciate history:)
 
Even when they were doing history, I can't remember them actually doing history. :rolleyes:

Well they certainly played alot about WWII mostly documentaries. You know what besides the stuff on Remembrance Day and some stuff on historical days of WWII you are absolutely right!
 
I don't mind "The Hitler Channel."

At least we know for sure Hitler was real.

This morass of dubious stuff and reality shows is obnoxious. "Ice Road Truckers" belongs on Discovery or TLC.
 
I'm of the opinion, like most posters in this thread, that executing Hirohito for war-crimes, either his inaction preventing them or his tacit approval of them, would be a terrible idea that military officials would reject out of hand.

I could see them force Hirohito to abdicate, though, if they had unassailable proof that Hirohito had a major hand in the war effort. They would have to have Hirohito say he was doing it for Japan's good or something like that, but he would have to go in that situation.

Agreed. Executing him would have been a humongous strategic error, but then again based on history, errors of this kind have been known to happen. Let's assume that this is one of the errors, the Tokyo War Crime Tribunal (which was already a pretty precarious set of proceedings) finds the Emperor guilty and executes him. Any thoughts on the consequences and wider effects to world history?

It would be better to make him a toilet cleaner for US troops. Put up pictures all over Japan showing the horrible little man on his knees with his hand stuffed down a toilet bowl while a GI stands over him laughing. He can then go home to the palace at night and play at being a god.

That would be an interesting new take on carrying out justice, and set up an even more interesting precedent for internation justice throughout the 20th century! :D
 

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COULD HITLER HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH OCCULT ALIEN TECHNOLOGY IN THE DYING DAYS OF WORLD WAR II? WAS THIS TECHNOLOGY THEN USED IN THE MOON LANDING PROGRAM? EXPERTS AGREE - IT COULD BE TRUE!
 

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If you believe that there's this bridge in New York that I can sell you.
 
Agreed. Executing him would have been a humongous strategic error, but then again based on history, errors of this kind have been known to happen. Let's assume that this is one of the errors, the Tokyo War Crime Tribunal (which was already a pretty precarious set of proceedings) finds the Emperor guilty and executes him. Any thoughts on the consequences and wider effects to world history?

Short version: The occupation of Japan does not go well. America and Japan do not develop a close relationship like they have IOTL after Japan resumes its independence. This could have a lot of butterflies involving American policy in East Asia after the mid-1950s.
 
I think you all are forgetting the most important things.

Aside from the cultural and societal damage that Japan will suffer with the execution of the Emperor...we're all forgetting about his countless contributions to marine biology! Who will help increase our understanding of the world's jellyfish if he dies?
 
I think you all are forgetting the most important things.

Aside from the cultural and societal damage that Japan will suffer with the execution of the Emperor...we're all forgetting about his countless contributions to marine biology! Who will help increase our understanding of the world's jellyfish if he dies?

I could swear that was actually his son.
 
COULD HITLER HAVE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH OCCULT ALIEN TECHNOLOGY IN THE DYING DAYS OF WORLD WAR II? WAS THIS TECHNOLOGY THEN USED IN THE MOON LANDING PROGRAM? EXPERTS AGREE - IT COULD BE TRUE!

You are right. The REAL experts all agree but as WE know they are sworn to secrecy! :D
 
The US would have to be very dumb to hang the Emperor. Its not just the man but the cultural significance of him.

I agree with this also, because the fastest way to win over a country is not to murder a person that they look up to. If he was hung, I think that perhaps military rule would have come into play
 
Mac's proconsulship was the great achievement of his life. He got it right, and his policy was amazingly liberal. Flawed general, great statesman. The perfect job for a narcissist.
 
I can’t be bothered retyping so I’ll post a link:

https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=5271557&postcount=42

Suffice to say the decision not to put Hirohito on trial was Macarthur’s alone and based purely on his delusion that he ‘knew the Oriental mind’.


Thanks for the link, Cook. I completely agree with your assessment of Japan's surrender and reasons for so doing. Roosevelt has a lot to answer for. Its for those reasons that China became communist, North Korea exists, and the Warsaw Pact was possible (Rossevelt also gave ignored Stalin's actions in Europe, particularly Poland, who blamed Britain despite Roesevelt's role in selling them out at Yalta).

So you think that the trial and execution of Hirohito would have been possible?

What does everybody think would have been the political result of an emperorless Japan. Do you think the Allies would have installed Akihito? Or would they have done away with the monarchy all together? Maybe something like the government established in West Germany?
 
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