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> So my question is, how well documented was the Japanese back-channel surrender offer? Is it documented that it was made to legitimate decision-makers through
by nkoren 10y ago
> So my question is, how well documented was the Japanese back-channel surrender offer? Is it documented that it was made to legitimate decision-makers through those back channels?
[Edit: I linked to a terrible source. I apologise.]
- lotharbot 10y agointeresting. Based on that, it looks like the sticking point really was whether the Emperor's safety would be guaranteed (thought he was eventually kept as a figurehead, it's not clear the US leadership expected to take that path.) EDIT: that said, do you have a source that isn't a holocaust-denial website?
- nkoren 10y agoUgh, yeah, that's a terrible source. Apologies for the bad Google-fu. I have heard this claim from decidedly less-terrible sources, but the hour is too late in my current timezone to pursue this thread. So until then I will need to relax the certitude of my claims.
- crazydoggers 10y agoIHR is not a trustworthy source... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Historical_Review https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Historical_Rev... "The IHR is not regarded as conducting serious historical research by mainstream historians and academics but rather as conducting pseudo-science..."
- nkoren 10y agoThank you for pointing this out. I unreservedly withdraw my citation!
- tomcorrigan 10y agoHaving withdrawn the citation you should either replace it with a better one or retract your assertion.
- to3m 10y agoOn a scale of "zero" to "a lot less than six million", how would you rate the Institute for Historical Review?
- nkoren 10y agoOh shit. Withdrawn!