Stalin jumped on the chance to "liberate" Manchuria and North Korea, after the Americans fought and won the war in the Pacific. When the soviets entered the war

Stalin jumped on the chance to "liberate" Manchuria and North Korea, after the Americans fought and won the war in the Pacific. When the soviets entered the war against Japan everything was already decided, there had been two nuclear bombings, Okinawa was under American occupation and it was clear there would be an imminent surrender. To make things 100% clear it was not Stalin nor the Bomb it was almost 4 years of fighting in the pacific.