Complex sentence: At the end of June, Hirohito sent out an imperial order encouraging the civilians of Saipan to commit suicide.Bergamini insisted the order authorized the commander of Saipan to promise civilians who died there an equal spiritual status in the afterlife with those of soldiers perishing in combat.
Split into simpler sentences: At the end of June, Hirohito sent out an imperial order encouraging the civilians of Saipan to commit suicide. As described by Bergamini, the order authorized the commander of Saipan to promise civilians who died there an equal spiritual status in the afterlife with those of soldiers perishing in combat.