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Old 07-03-2006, 10:24 PM
miajag miajag is offline
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Default Re: What was the biggest mistake made during WWII?

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Japan tried to surrender both before the first bomb and before the second, America ignored them because they needed to test their new weaponery.


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Do you have a source for this ridiculous statement? I'm pretty sure the US made it clear from the getgo that only unconditional surrender would be accepted and the feelers the Japanese sent out prior to/after Hiroshima had conditions that were unacceptable.
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