The Japanese could keep Emperor Hirohito .
Because they attached conditions to their surrender and the Allied Forces wanted an unconditional surrender. In the end they compromised. Truman allowed Emperor Hirohito remain a figurehead Emperor since the Japanese worshiped him as a god.
There was no treaty, and the Civil War was the first war that the US won without a treaty being signed. Although Abraham Lincoln had never demanded an unconditional surrender, and although Jefferson Davis had ordered Lee to continue fighting, Lee disobeyed that order and surrendered the Confederacy unconditionally. In return Grant allowed terms which were very lenient, and it is sometimes supposed that a treaty was singned, but it was in fact an unconditional surrender.
The most talented scientists made the bomb. The U.S. President authorized and allowed it to be made. It was made to make the Japanese surrender. The bomb was called Little Boy.
The Japanese civilians wanted to know that their emperor would be allowed to stay in power of they surrendered to the United States. Their surrender guidelines were virtually the same as the Americans and Japan was basically defeated already, they were ready to surrender before the bomb was dropped.
Grant will give them food and let them go back home. i got my answer from a civil war book. its not what is said above! This is what the terms really were: "Grant's terms were generous. The Confederate soldiers had to lay down their arms, but then were free to go home."
Because they attached conditions to their surrender and the Allied Forces wanted an unconditional surrender. In the end they compromised. Truman allowed Emperor Hirohito remain a figurehead Emperor since the Japanese worshiped him as a god.
The terms were for unconditional surrender, but the Japanese were allowed to keep Emperor Hirohito as a figurehead. The treaty called for the Japanese to give up their territory, surrender all their arms, all their armed forces must cease fighting, and all civilian and military personnel must be released from captivity.
There was no treaty, and the Civil War was the first war that the US won without a treaty being signed. Although Abraham Lincoln had never demanded an unconditional surrender, and although Jefferson Davis had ordered Lee to continue fighting, Lee disobeyed that order and surrendered the Confederacy unconditionally. In return Grant allowed terms which were very lenient, and it is sometimes supposed that a treaty was singned, but it was in fact an unconditional surrender.
World War II, the American Civil War and the French Revolution are examples of "total war". The enemy had to be annihilated, and no "terms of surrender" were allowed; surrender had to be unconditional. The defeated had no say at all in what happened next. During the American Civil War, Sherman's "March to the Sea" cut the Confederacy in half; the city of Atlanta was burned to the ground. In World War II, all of Germany was devastated. In Japan, most Japanese cities were fire-bombed, and two cities were destroyed with nuclear weapons.
Although Germany & Japan were ordered to surrender UNCONDITIONALLY; The US compromised, with Japan, and allowed Hirohito to remain Japan's Emperor.
The most talented scientists made the bomb. The U.S. President authorized and allowed it to be made. It was made to make the Japanese surrender. The bomb was called Little Boy.
World War II, the American Civil War and the French Revolution are examples of "total war". The enemy had to be annihilated, and no "terms of surrender" were allowed; surrender had to be unconditional. The defeated had no say at all in what happened next. During the American Civil War, Sherman's "March to the Sea" cut the Confederacy in half; the city of Atlanta was burned to the ground. In World War II, all of Germany was devastated. In Japan, most Japanese cities were fire-bombed, and two cities were destroyed with nuclear weapons.
This is actually a misconception, as Japan had already offered the peace terms that were eventually agreed upon at the conclusion of the war. Specifically, they offered to surrender and declare defeat as long as they could keep their Emperor, which Truman refused, as he needed time to allow for the completion of the nuclear bomb in order to showcase its deadliness to Stalin. When Japan did finally offer unconditional surrender, they were allowed to keep their Emperor anyway.
Byrnes did not want to publicly offer Japan their main peace condition: retention of their emperor, whom the Japanese believed to be a god. He was worried about the administration's public popularity if Truman allowed Japan to keep their emperor in return for Japan's surrender.
Only Japanese arts were allowed.
The Japanese civilians wanted to know that their emperor would be allowed to stay in power of they surrendered to the United States. Their surrender guidelines were virtually the same as the Americans and Japan was basically defeated already, they were ready to surrender before the bomb was dropped.
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