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Article: The search for a negotiated peace: Japanese diplomats attempt to surrender Japan prior to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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- World Affairs
- Article date:
- June 22, 1993
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JAPANESE DIPLOMATS ATTEMPT TO SURRNDER JAPAN PRIOR TO THE BOMBING OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI
In the spring and summer of 1945, individuals working for the Japanese military contemplated a negotiated conclusion to the Pacific War. The most formidable obstacle to peace was the unwillingness of both sides to compromise their own stated objectives. The last ditch fanaticism of Japan's militaristic officials and a commitment from the Allied powers not to soften stipulations of unconditional surrender announced by Churchill and Roosevelt at Casablanca in 1943 could not be reconciled. An earlier indication of Japan's willingness to fight a war to the bitter end and not ...
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