I’ve read—and this may be pure anecdote—that false claims about how the American forces were treating prisoners of war may have contributed to that.
I guess the value system can be more important here. They had an order and they did what they were ordered.
Look at http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/soldiersurr_2.htm—the soldier surrendered immediately after receiving the order to do so read by his cmmander, but ignored all evidence of Japanese defeat before that.
I’ve read—and this may be pure anecdote—that false claims about how the American forces were treating prisoners of war may have contributed to that.
I guess the value system can be more important here. They had an order and they did what they were ordered.
Look at http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/soldiersurr_2.htm—the soldier surrendered immediately after receiving the order to do so read by his cmmander, but ignored all evidence of Japanese defeat before that.