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I had the impression that the Soviets were forced to pull troops from the East to the West in 1941, enough so that a combined German/Japanese attack would have
by m_mueller 8y ago
I had the impression that the Soviets were forced to pull troops from the East to the West in 1941, enough so that a combined German/Japanese attack would have likely succeeded in one of the fronts.
- phobosdeimos 8y agoZhukov himself was in Siberia when the Germans invaded. Being able to redeploy troops equiped with full winter gear and combat experience saved Russia in my opinion.
- nickik 8y agoThey did pull some troupes, but they still had a huge number of troupes in the East. Given the limits of the Imperial Japanese Army in that theater (logistics, modern mobile army) it is hard to image how they could have made significant progress. Specifically after they had totally lost in 1939.