The Allied demand of both these states to surrender unconditionally made surrender less palatable than might have otherwise been the case. There is no room whatever for negiotiation. Hindsight is a wonderful thing to behold......
Germany and Japan fought on for many reasons, many fought for duty, many fought to hide their crimes, many fought fanatically out of loyalty to the respective leaders of those countries.
Germany especially fought fanatically because of Goebbels Propaganda of what would happen to Germany if they surrendered, the conduct of the Red Army when it reached German soil somewhat vindicated this propaganda, Also,Nazi Germany was absolutist, anybody even suspected of cowardice or desertion, or speaking out against the regime or even anybody who muttered the word surrender, were brutally put down.
Germany was defeated at Stalingrad by the Russians. - Largest battle in human history. Germany lost most of its ability to fight after this ridiculous huge battle.
The Japanese were technology out matched by the Americans new invention - The nuclear bomb.
In Japan's Samurai philosophy if you surrendered to an opponent you were effectively considered "dead". Therefor to the Japanese soldiers fighting until your opponent actually killed you was preferable to surrendering and becoming a disgraced living "deadman". The US has a hard time understanding such beliefs, that is why we were so upset by things like:
Japan did not give up because they did not know about such thing as atomic bomb , so after that they gave up immidiately .
In World War 2; The United States, England, and China had given an ultimatum to Japan stating that they surrender or face "prompt and utter destruction". This was called the Potsdam Declaration. When the declaration was refused, president Truman ordered the bombing of Hiroshima and [3 days later] Nagasaki.
A set of final conditions that must be met is an ultimatum. In World War 1, issuance of ultimatums often preceded the declaration of war when the recipient country refused to comply.
Serbia
The New Netherland governor that refused to surrender to England was Peter Stuyvesant. He refused to surrender because of an issue over territorial rights between the Dutch and English settlements in the New World.
samurai
Germany could have refused to back Austria on the grounds that the ultimatum to Serbia was too harsh. ;)
They burned the city down
when Serbia refused to comply with Austria- Hungary's ultimatum
yes
they refused anyway
Has refused, has forbidden, has refused
The final demand is called an "Ultimatum" which is Latin for "the last one", that is a demand. If the ultimatum is refused or ignored a state of war is declared and war commences. This is the correct and legal procedure to declare war.