Before august 1945, military leaders in japan a. repeatedly asked the allies for terms of surrender. b. refused allied requests for their surrender. c. mounted a final offensive against allied troops. d. were unaware that the allies had defeated germany.

B.  Refused Allied requests for their surrender.

Although the Japanese military leaders put up a brave front and pledged to fight till the end, secret negotiations were taking place between the Japanese leaders and Russia, Britain and the USA, where she entreated the allies to draft up formal peace negotiations that would be more favorable to the Japanese. However, Russia was secretly entrusted with the task of invading Japanese territories in South Manchuria and Korea, along with the Sakhalin Islands, and the USA and Britain secretly planned to drop two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, to bring the war to an end quickly and bring Japan to surrender. The lack of favorable terms in the peace treaty were holding back the Japanese military armed men to surrender formally.

Further Explanation-

The decision to launch an invasion of Japan was taken in the historic Potsdam Declaration, where the Allied powers wanted to bring a swift end to the war. Japan was also pressing the Allied powers for favorable terms of surrender, however, a secret deal was made between the Allied powers, by which Russia would invade the Japanese territories in Manchuria and the Southern Sakhalin Islands, according to the terms of the Yalta Conference. The Potsdam Declaration presented Japan with either immediate surrender or utter destruction.  The Japanese military leaders consistently denied Allied's appeal for unconditional surrender. When the Japanese denied surrender due to unfavorable terms, the USA and United Kingdom decided to drop two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which brought about a sudden termination to the war. Depleted of resources and manpower, Japan's naval forces were completely in disarray, her army reduced, her industries and natural resources destroyed.  The atomic bombings prompted Japan's immediate surrender after Emperor Hirohito ordered his Supreme War Council to accept the terms of Surrender. The Treaty of San Francisco formally terminated the war between the Japanese and the Allies, and the Soviet- Japanese Joint Declaration ended the long-standing hostilities between Japanese and the Soviet Union  

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Answer Details-

Grade- High School.

Chapter- The Second World War

Subject- History.

Keywords-

Surrender of Japan, Allied Powers, Potsdam Conference, Yalta Conference, atomic bombs, Treaty of San Francisco.

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