Use the information to answer the following question.The Japanese ruling groups are aware of the desperate military situation ..... but still find unconditional surrender unacceptable. The basic policy of the present government is to fight as long and as desperately as possible in the hope of avoiding complete defeat and of acquiring a better bargaining position in a negotiated peace. The Japanese believe that unconditional surrender would be the equivalent of national extinction.Because of this reports conclusions, what did American leaders decide?

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Use the information to answer the following question.The Japanese ruling groups are aware of the desperate military situation ____ but still find unconditional surrender unacceptable. The basic policy of the present government is to fight as long and as desperately as possible in the hope of avoiding complete defeat and of acquiring a better bargaining position in a negotiated peace. The Japanese believe that unconditional surrender would be the equivalent of national extinction.Because of this report’s conclusions, what did American leaders decide?

A	the decision to use nuclear weapons
B	the decision to sell weapons to the Allies
C	the decision to intern Japanese Americans
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The Japanese felt that the expected high Allied casualties might work in their favor to negotiate better surrender terms. Four conditions were sought: preservation of the Imperial institution, responsibility for their own disarmament, no occupation, and responsibility to conduct any war crime trials.

Detailed explanation-2: -It was the deployment of a new and terrible weapon, the atomic bomb, which forced the Japanese into a surrender that they had vowed never to accept. Harry Truman would go on to officially name September 2, 1945, V-J Day, the day the Japanese signed the official surrender aboard the USS Missouri.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Harry Truman believed unconditional surrender would keep the Soviet Union involved while reassuring American voters and soldiers that their sacrifices in a total war would be compensated by total victory. Disarming enemy militaries was the start; consolidating democracy abroad was the goal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Yoshijiro Umezu. On September 2, 1945, Japanese representatives signed the official Instrument of Surrender, prepared by the War Department and approved by President Harry S. Truman. It set out in eight short paragraphs the complete capitulation of Japan.

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