[dfwgator]

That was why the Allies insisted on unconditional surrender despite the high cost of such a demand -

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And pressure from the Soviets. If the Soviets weren’t in such a strong position by 1945, would we have demanded it?

[Zhang Fei]

[And pressure from the Soviets. If the Soviets weren’t in such a strong position by 1945, would we have demanded it?]

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The demand had likely been percolating for a while, but was formally announced in Jan 1943, when the cessation of Allied supplies would have collapsed the Russian war effort.