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Originally Posted by djacq75
I was answering a particular argument, by you, which implied that the Japanese would've gone on fighting despite the Emperor. The Emperor, as I stated, offered peace terms in July. Why they weren't accepted in preference to capping off the orgy of destruction with even more destruction, is the question.
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Because they proved they were not to be trusted when they offered peace a few hours before Pearl Harbor. Previous to that they had done the same thing to the Russians, talk peace and sneak attack. No, unconditional surrender was the only acceptable conclusion.
btw, it didn't matter what the emperor was offering through diplomatic channels in July because the military was still running the show. Some of them even had the Emporer in "protective custody", for a while, so he couldn't speak to the Japanese people.