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In conversations surrounding the use of nuclear weapons against Japan in WWII, it is often brought up that Japan had already offered to conditionally surrender prior to the bombs being dropped. What would such a conditional surrender have entailed, and why didn't the Allies accept it?

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In conversations surrounding the use of nuclear weapons against Japan in WWII, it is often brought up that Japan had already offered to conditionally surrender prior to the bombs being dropped. What would such a conditional surrender have entailed, and why didn't the Allies accept it?	186