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Russia can't afford to open another front
by rambojazz 5y ago
Russia can't afford to open another front
- vasac 5y agoJapan can't afford to be nuked again too.
- TMWNN 5y agoEven in the worst days for Russia during the German invasion, when it seemed like Moscow would be overrun, the Soviet Union kept substantial forces on the border with Japanese-occupied China. Although the two countries having a nonaggression pact, the Soviets remained fearful of the Japanese invading from the east. By 1945 the situation had changed, of course, with the Soviets being the ones to abrogate the pact and then formally entering the war against Japan in August 1945.