March 9th-10th, 1945 firebombing alone killed over 80,000 civilians and destroyed 260,000 buildings), and no use of the atomic bomb (200,000 killed).ĥ April 1945 - Japan appointed Prime Minister Suzuki Kantaro who was known to be a peace advocate.
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Japan tried to surrender through the Soviet Union. June 1945 - Both the US Army and Navy recommended to Truman that he clarify the US demands in regard to the Emperor. It was recognized that he was absolutely essential so he could order his men to lay down their arms. Without him, there would have been anarchy in Japan.ġ1 July 1945 - Japan offered to surrender unconditionally, with one exception - they wished to retain their monarchy. They didn't insist on retaining Emperor Hirohito. They were willing to replace him with his small son, for example. Since we let them keep their monarchy (they never unconditionally surrendered - the US offered assurrances to the Emperor on August 11 after both bombs were dropped, when they had the assurrences they surrendered), The US wouldn't even talk to them - the bomb was dropped on them without the US ever responding to any of their peace feelers. Truman may have in fact prolonged the war in order to drop the atomic bombs, as a geopolitical warning to the Soviet Union which was scheduled to enter the war in August of 1945 There was no difference between this offer of JULY 11th and what happened on August 14.
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The real question becomes: Is every death after July 11, both US and Japanese, a war crime committed by Harry Truman? In July Japan was totally helpless and was being shelled from sea and air.