>...The Japanese were ready and willing to surrender before the bombs dropped Some factions in the Japanese civilian government were willing to surrender with

>...The Japanese were ready and willing to surrender before the bombs dropped Some factions in the Japanese civilian government were willing to surrender with varying amounts of conditions. That doesn’t mean the “Japanese” were willing to surrender nor does it mean that these conditions would have been acceptable to the Allies. Even after 2 atomic bombs were dropped there was an attempted military coup to prevent the Emperor from surrendering. >...What they were not ready for, was an unconditional surrender. (And, in the end, they surrendered conditionally! No, they accepted the Potsdam declaration.