Eventually, Joe Nomura learns thaf Hirohito is held captive in Nagasaki, and when his superiors are made aware, Bradley authorizes an operation to rescue Hirohito to make Japan aware of his intentions to surrender and to bring the war to an end. During the rescue, Joe Nomura, Chambers, and a squad of US Army Rangers rescue Hirohito, escape Japan, and bring Hirohito to an aircraft carrier in which he meets Truman. After Japan is made aware of Hirohito's order to surrender, a cabal, led by General Homma and Admiral Ozawa, assassinates Anami in a countercoup and formally surrenders to the United States in January 1946, but they are unable to prevent a devastating Japanese counterattack against American positions in Kyushu.