I suspect that the "Unconditional Surrender" demand may have bolstered Nazi and Japanese resistence and may have cost some allied lives
BUT in the case of Germany to see an end of the war without utter defeat
1) Hitler has to be got out of the way (possible but hard)
2) Germany has to be sure it is losing
3) which is hard to see, the Soviet Union needs to be far enough away not to be able to do anything about a deal with the West (not compatable with 2)
BUT in the case of Germany to see an end of the war without utter defeat
1) Hitler has to be got out of the way (possible but hard)
2) Germany has to be sure it is losing
3) which is hard to see, the Soviet Union needs to be far enough away not to be able to do anything about a deal with the West (not compatable with 2)