“If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation.”
What PolitiFact found
In World War II, both Germany and Japan surrendered unconditionally. As the World War I armistice was being negotiated, Germany won small concessions, but the allies generally imposed their will, an approach that strengthened with the Treaty of Versailles. Other unconditional surrenders include the Third Punic War, in which Rome conquered Carthage.
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In short
JD Vance (vice president) made this claim around 24 August 2025. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 August 2025, 2 days later. Its rating was “False”.
JD Vance has 38 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 21 of them false or fake, 16 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
Where the claim appeared
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