The Last mission

On the final night of World War II with Japan, Emperor Hirohito had already finished the Imperial Rescript of surrender when a band of Japanese rebels burst into the Imperial Palace, commanded by War Minister Anami's elite staff. They had plotted a massive coup that aimed to destroy the surrender papers and issue orders to continue the war. If this rebellion had succeeded, the military would have proceeded with large-scale kamikaze attacks on allied forces. Meanwhile B-29B crewmen had received urgent orders to begin a bombing mission over Japan's sole remaining oil refinery north of Tokyo. The mission was successfully completed. A few hours later the emperor announced Japan's surrender over Japanese airwaves.