2007-11-17 06:14:48 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
so these axis powers can be absolutely backed against the wall with no options left.
you need to win a war, you want to win it 100%, not 99.9%!
2007-11-17 06:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by Moore55 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
We wanted to make sure that a world war would not flare up again. We thought we had everything under control at the end of World War I, but it turned out that we didn't.
Also, the type of war fought 60 years ago was different that that of today. Back then, when a nation fought a war, it was against another nation entirely, not just another nation's army, or another nation's government.
"Winning a war" back then involved the complete devastation and reconstruction of the enemy.
"Winning a war" today involves toppling only the blatant combatants and making sure that we do everything we can to ensure that civilians are not hurt. In other words, 60 years ago, we were not as humanitarian as we are today. We showed no mercy, and rightfully so.
2007-11-17 14:43:18 · answer #2 · answered by phil 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Tha actual decision for unconditional surrender was made at the Casablanca Conference in 1943...2 years before the war's end.
The decision was a correct one. Germany and Japan were absolute criminals as far as the war was concerned, and ONLY unconditional surrender would result in the extinction of the governments and personnel responsible for the horrors they inflicted on the world.
2007-11-17 14:24:43 · answer #3 · answered by commanderbuck383 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
One thing the Allies didn't want to do was end the war and still have Hitler or Tojo in power. That would've accomplished almost nothing.
2007-11-19 17:15:38 · answer #4 · answered by rz1971 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually the surrender of Japan had one condition. The were allowed to keep the emperor.
2007-11-18 01:51:04 · answer #5 · answered by Tin Can Sailor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because in no way shape or form did we want a form of the old government still in power.
2007-11-17 16:13:33 · answer #6 · answered by smsmith500 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
we knew we were gonna win, so what was the point of not to go for only unconditional surrender
2007-11-17 20:27:41 · answer #7 · answered by Alex 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because in those days we always won wars 100%.
2007-11-17 14:20:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any thing other than unconditional would have Hitler and the Nazis still in power.
2007-11-17 14:46:12 · answer #9 · answered by jmack 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Germany BEcAUSE OF THE CAMPS AND THEY STARTED THE WAR THERE. JAPAN THE SAME REASON. MORE JAPAN THEN GERMANY.
2007-11-17 14:27:26 · answer #10 · answered by pgmurry 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋