Faster Than Light: Japan Doesn't Surrender In 1945 Japan Doesn't Surrender In 1945 ================================================================================ Fox Unveils New SF Strategy on 16 May, 2008 04:00:00 Alternate-history author Robert Conroy, whose novel 1945 is a finalist for this year's Sidewise Award, told SCI FI Wire that the book is based on a real historical coup that very nearly happened toward the end of World War II.