JFKvsNixon Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Indeed; but after two bombs were dropped, we got back in contact with them and accepted a conditional surrender - exactly what we could have done a week earlier without dropping either of them. Even though Japan never offered their conditional surrender? As I said the Japanese cabinet had to agree unanimously to enter into a peace agreement, and it was split between two parties. One side want peace with their Emperor left in place, the other side also wanted peace with their Emperor and also no foreign occupation alongside Japan taking care of their own disarmament. Although undoutably some enquiries were made by the peace with the Emperor faction, no agreement was found so no formal offer was made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andygardener Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Indeed; but after two bombs were dropped, we got back in contact with them and accepted a conditional surrender - exactly what we could have done a week earlier without dropping either of them. Sorry that's nonsense. We accepted one single condition, they keep the emperor. Prior to the bombs and the USSR declaration of war which resulted directly from the first bomb the odds of them surrendering were tiny as martial law was about to be declared by the military even if their leaderships many surrender demands were met. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denlin Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 But it's all what ifs. It happened, we can't turn back time so it's ointless speculating. What if I win the lottery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Even though Japan never offered their conditional surrender? It's on record that they already had done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 It's on record that they already had done. An official offer of surrender, where? Can you address my other point in the post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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