Nonsense. Unconditional surrender was abandoned before the atomic bombs were dropped.The only obstacle to ending the war months earlier had been the Allied Powers insistence on unconditional surrender (which meant that the emperor could be removed from his figurehead position in Japan and perhaps even brought before a war crimes tribunal). That demand was intolerable for Japan’s military leaders, who regarded the emperor as a deity.
Japan still refused to surrender until after the atomic bombs were dropped.
Don't be silly. Mr. Truman accepted Japan's surrender.Unlike Dirty Harry, I accept your surrender.
He posted a fact, not an opinion. It took an order from the Emperor to force the Japanese Army to back down on their demand for multiple surrender conditions, including no occupation of Japan, no war crimes trials, and Japanese troops simply pack up and return to base without being disarmed.And yet you’ve failed to provide one link from an expert backing your opinion.
Most people argue for themselves instead of committing appeals to authority fallacies. It is only you history deniers who prefer to rely on logical fallacies. But here is a link to an expert:
The Biggest Decision: Why We Had To Drop The Atomic Bomb
Truman was Commander in Chief of the American armed forces, and he had a duty to the men under his command not shared by those sitting in moral judgment decades later
www.americanheritage.com