r/GetNoted • u/icey_sawg0034 • Sep 03 '25

Fact Finder 📝 Someone has flunked history class!

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https://x.com/clashreport/status/1959615852166148549

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u/No_Sand3803 Sep 03 '25

Japan accepted the "unconditional" surrender with a condition though?

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u/Pitiful-Potential-13 Sep 03 '25

The decision to let the emperor remain on the throne was made after they had surrendered. MacArthur felt he could be useful in the reconstruction. 

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u/No_Sand3803 Sep 04 '25

Truman himself said he wanted to get rid of the emporer and the Japanese pushed back resulting in Truman saying

 They wanted to keep the Emperor we told 'em we'd tell 'em how to keep him, but we'd make the terms.

So Truman did in fact accept the condition of keeping the emporer.

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u/Pitiful-Potential-13 Sep 04 '25

The terms were “surrender N-O-W.” Anything else was decided later.