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"Then they would certainly beat Japan by themself - it is just an island." Why not? It took the USSR only 11 days to defeat the Kwantung Army (0.7 million sold
by gdy 6y ago
"Then they would certainly beat Japan by themself - it is just an island."
Why not? It took the USSR only 11 days to defeat the Kwantung Army (0.7 million soldiers) in the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation. [0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria
- sergeykish 6y agoWould you want to be soviet soldier in 1942 discussing these ideas?
- gdy 6y agoI suppose you would've preferred to be an American pilot dropping nuclear bombs on civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- sergeykish 6y agoI suppose you would've preferred to be in NKVD interrogating and killing harmless people by thousands
- gdy 6y agoDon't see the connection.