Reply #175: Negotiate a conditional surrender [View All]

By November of 1944 the allies were absolutely sure that we had defeated the Germans and a lot of the Germans saw it that way also. Would we have negotiated a conditional surrender with Germany, say if the only terms were that Hitler was allowed to remain in power. I think not. The allies were more than willing to use what every resources they had,at what ever the cost, to crush the German State. Why should we have approached the Japanese any differently. Their unconditional surrender had been the objective of the war since the beginning. IMO, had Germany been able to hold on until Aug or Sept 1945, President Truman would have nuked them for the same reason he nuked Japan. That is to end the god damed war as quickly as possible.