double-checking my recollection-
the japs had 28,000,000 combat ready civilians in 1945 for the battle. the plan was not typical military defense strategy, instead, it was to kill the will of USA by killing and maiming as many US soldiers as possible.
the ages for conscription were 12-60 years old.
One mobilized high school girl, Yukiko Kasai, found herself issued an awl and told, "Even killing one American soldier will do. ... You must aim for the abdomen."
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