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[TGLS]

Originally Posted by Prince Charon

They'd really be better off negotiating a surrender (as the unconditional surrender ultimatum was probably butterflied here), but they might not realize that soon enough.

The Japanese were trying to negotiate a surrender, hoping for a Soviet mediation to end the war around late June 1945. That's obviously of no use in this timeline, but the intent could remain. Overtures could plausibly through Sweden, Switzerland, or the Vatican, but Japan and the West would probably be far apart to begin with. The Russian bulldozer hitting France would make it easier for the Japanese to get their way.

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I honestly don't think that Centrum would be too upset with a UN led by Britain and America policing the world, even if decolonization speeds along as fast as it did in our timeline.