[mussmicky]

If the Allies knew of the Death camps (and most indications are they did, though how much they knew, who and when is controversial) then no terms of surrender were possible. The only punishment that fits the crime of genocide is death and the only argument is who dies. It can be everyone (which seems unjust because that is genocide itself but it has been done, and for much less) or it can be just a few selected leaders, which is what happened after WWII. Nevertheless, Germany had to surrender unconditionally and accept whatever punishmemt was given, that is the only way justice could have been served, though even then it was impossible to actually obtain it.

At the end of WWI Pershing was very disappointed. He wanted to reject the Armistice and push on to Berlin, maintaining that if we let Germany go on what seemed to many the eve of a possible victory we would only have to come back and finish the job later.