• Kusimulkku
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    1 month ago

    Didn’t they want to surrender on their terms though?

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      1 month ago

      Their only term was that they get to keep the Emperor, which they were allowed to do anyway.

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        1 month ago

        They weren’t in much of a position to set terms, were they

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          I mean no they weren’t, but when they set terms that they were going to get anyways… is it really setting terms?

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            Allieds had decided together and told the Japanese that they’d accept nothing but unconditional surrender. At that point asking for anything would be an attempt to set terms.