Probably, they would have resisted the overtures for peace and stuck to the demand for unconditional surrender.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
All he wants from me is unconditional surrender.
Christianity Today (2000)
The advantages of having proclaimed as a war aim "unconditional surrender " on the other hand were solid.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
This was a long way from "unconditional surrender '.
Simon Ball THE GUARDSMEN (2004)