A weak verbal substitute for the promised "second front".
U.S.-British demand for "unconditional surrender
"unconditional surrender"
Germany signed an unconditional surrender on May 7/8, 1945. Japan would go on to surrender roughly 4 months later, ending the Second World War.
For all practical purpose, the general in charge of all US military affairs, Ulysses S. Grant accepted the surrender of Robert E. Lee, the general in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia. The surrender took place at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865. It was an unconditional surrender. It took almost a month before all Southern forces learned of the surrender. Lee refused to back ideas by some Southerners to wage a guerrilla war. So none were attempted.
Reportedly, Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a statement in 1943 that indicated that the Axis Powers would need to agree to an unconditional surrender if WW 2 was ever to end. This disturbed many politicians and military commanders. They believed that when FDR used those terms, it would only lead to the Axis Powers to fight longer and harder in order to avoid an unconditional surrender.Roosevelt reportedly stated that he made the statement after thinking about the "unconditional surrender" edict made by Union General in Chief US Grant.
U.S.-British demand for "unconditional surrender
General US Grant did not always present his opponents with an "unconditional surrender". In the case at Appomattox Court House, Grant overruled General Custer's demand of an unconditional surrender. As an aside, President Lincoln had urged Grant to be lenient with Robert E. Lee.
Unconditional Surrender.
None. Unlike previous American wars, it was not settled by treaty. Although Lincoln did not demand it, and Davis forbade it, Lee surrendered the South to the North unconditionally. The myth that Lincoln demanded unconditional surrender has been used by subsequent US Presidents as a justification for their demands of unconditional surrender.
Them bombing us first.
In 1945, unconditional surrender meant no negotiated terms.
Most likely yesI say No. The Japanese were a proud, military nation who viewed surrender as a dishonor. The Samauria in the 15th Century would commit suicide rather than surrender.
USS Missouri.
"unconditional surrender"
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General US Grant was nicknamed "unconditional surrender" Grant
There was no compromise in WW2. Unconditional surrender was the only terms accepted by the US/Allies.