08-06-2017, 04:15 PM
(08-06-2017, 03:59 PM)jason Wrote: Yes but wasn't the hang up about the emporor? The US was demanding unconditional surrender, while the Japanese wanted Hirohito left alone. The Soviets declared war on Japan, Nagasaki was bombed, and the US eventually let the emporor stay. No? It's been many years since that course in college, but I remember being struck with the idea that the US didn't want Japan's surrender to coincide with Soviet entry into the Pacific theater.
That was certainly part of it, but if I recall correctly there were quite a few more conditions involved that they were considering, as well. But the government of Japan did make it clear to the people that they would not surrender in the immediate aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing.
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