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minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoDidn’t they want to surrender on their terms though?
minus-squareSSJMarx@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoTheir only term was that they get to keep the Emperor, which they were allowed to do anyway.
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoThey weren’t in much of a position to set terms, were they
minus-squareHabahnow@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoI mean no they weren’t, but when they set terms that they were going to get anyways… is it really setting terms?
minus-squareKusimulkku@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoAllieds 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.
Didn’t they want to surrender on their terms though?
Their only term was that they get to keep the Emperor, which they were allowed to do anyway.
They weren’t in much of a position to set terms, were they
I mean no they weren’t, but when they set terms that they were going to get anyways… is it really setting terms?
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.