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Re:Declassified photos from Tinian Island as the B-29 “Enola... by dmm on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @04:03PM (#8390799)
> They had already offered a complete surrender, conditional only on keeping the emperor, which was rejected by the U.S.

Are you saying the Japanese offered to surrender, with the only condition being maintaining the emperor, prior to the bombing of Hiroshima? My understanding is that was the terms accepted after the atomic bombings and the declaration of war by the USSR.

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Re:Declassified photos from Tinian Island as the B-29 “Enola... by the_rosentotter on Tuesday September 30, 2014 @05:35PM (#8391426)
Yes. According to documents from Roosevelt's office, the Japanese had previously offered surrender on roughly the same terms that the U.S. ultimately accepted after the bombings:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8390436

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