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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.
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This is false. The offer was put forward after the dropping of the NAGASAKI bomb. August 10th. Not in the spring.
In fact, only two weeks before, Suzuki had called the Potsdam Declaration rubbish.
On August 14th, the Allies confirmed that Hirohito could keep his throne and Japan surrendered.