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RickOShay (Offline)
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12-28-2010, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire View Post
Not entirely true.

Most were looking for an out.

Their primary concern was surrounding the status of the Emperor.

The US was only concerned with UNCONDITIONAL surrender though.

Which is another questionable decision on the part of the US.
I do not know if "most" is the proper assessment there. I would agree to "some".

Unconditional surrender was demanded because the conditional surrender at the end of WWI was part of what brought about WW2.

I would not call it questionable at all, it is what all the allies agreed upon to demand from the axis powers.
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