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Originally posted by fastpat
No, that's not true either. The US government had already beaten Japan, and the Japanese offered surrender in the Spring of 1945, with the caveat that the emperor not be put on trial, but left on the throne. Truman said, "unconditional surrender", and when the Japanese refused, Truman commited the ultimate war crime of nuking civilians.
It's a travesty that has yet to be equaled in the history of mankind.
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So Japan offered to surrender on their own terms after being the aggressor at the start of the war, refusing unconditional surrender.
They brought the bombs upon themselves.