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danteheehaw t1_iy2m7jx wrote

Reply to comment by kdogg2077 in On April 2, 1941, a Japanese foreign minister asked Pope Pius XII to speak to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, so as to avert "a war of mutual destruction” by marketrent

Also, the Allies would only settle for a non conditional surrender. WWI ended in a conditional surrender. Everyone believed that Japan and Germany both had to surrender unconditionally to stop WWIII from happening in a decade or two.

As for Japan, they would had likely happily accepted an armistice (they've done so many times, making sacrifices on their end as well). But they would most certainly demand they keep what they conquered in mainland Asia.

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monsantobreath t1_iy3qyhk wrote

>But they would most certainly demand they keep what they conquered in mainland Asia.

By the end actually they were basically down to "don't kill the emperor" and the US still pressed.

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Seienchin88 t1_iyc4upq wrote

And then the US spared the Emperor and even kept him...

Prince Konoe (who was briefly a major part in the discussions between the government and the occupational force) said he was shocked when he heard from MacArthur that he intended to keep the Tenno... The Japanese had the plan to offer the abdication of the Tenno but pleading for his life, instead they were casually told - yeah he can stay.

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