The War Without Mercy

The War Without Mercy: Bushido and the Death of Surrender
What happens when war is driven by a code that sees surrender as shameful, and mercy as weakness? The Pacific War became a theater of ideological fanaticism, where Bushido inspired both Japanese atrocities and Allied resolve. This section dissects Japan’s culture of death, the brutal treatment of prisoners, and the bloody victories that exposed their military’s strengths—and dangerous weaknesses. It was a war not just of weapons, but of beliefs—and it showed no mercy.

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