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[โ€“] [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?

[โ€“] [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.