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Originally Posted by AndyJWest
No. Why should I? I've already shown why it wasn't applicable.
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Um, no you haven't Nostradamus, but you have shown why it isn't applicable in your own mind:
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Originally Posted by AndyJWest
The fact is that neither of us can know for sure what the outcome would have been. This needs to be based on evidence.
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Originally Posted by AndyJWest
If the Japanese weren't 'ready to surrender', why did they approach the Soviets with an offer which was essentially the same as the one eventually agreed?
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To mediate peace on terms favorable to the Japanese.