this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2024
967 points (97.6% liked)

WTF

776 readers
1 users here now

The average c/WTF enjoyer

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They weren't in much of a position to set terms, were they

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean no they weren't, but when they set terms that they were going to get anyways... is it really setting terms?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

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.