What if Japan attacked Russia instead of America in WWII?

The Ultimate World War II What-If: Japan Attacks Russia Instead of America. However, Stalin learned from Richard Sorge , a well-placed Soviet spy in Tokyo, that Japan would not invade Siberia, which the Soviet dictator to shift his elite Siberian troops from the Far East to Moscow, just in time to save the Soviet capital.

Can the United States win two wars at the same time?

This would put extra pressure on the United States to establish dominance in the Western Pacific with its own assets. The United States can still fight and win two major wars at the same time, or at least come near enough to winning that neither Russia nor China would see much hope in the gamble.

Why is there an enmity between China and Japan?

The enmity between these two countries emanated from the history of the Japanese war and the imperialism and maritime disputes in the East China Sea (Xing, 2011). Thus, as much as these two nations are close business partners, there is an undercurrent of tension, which the leaders from both sides are trying to quell.

What happened to Japan’s claim to the Sankt Petersburg?

Japan relinquished its claims in 1875, but then seized the island during the Russo-Japanese War before returning the northern half to Moscow’s control in 1925.

When did the Soviets invade Japan in 1945?

The Japanese were caught completely by surprise when the Soviets declared war an hour before midnight on 8 August 1945 and invaded simultaneously on three fronts just after midnight on 9 August. For the tactical details of the combatant forces and of the invasion, see Soviet invasion of Manchuria § Combatant forces.

What if Japan had invaded Siberia in WW2?

Ironically, the battlefield results of a Japanese invasion of Siberia would have been relatively minor. The real action was a continent away, in Moscow. The Soviet Union could lose Vladivostok (even though much American Lend-Lease came through that port), but Moscow was a different matter.

What would have been the outcome of a 1941 Russo-Japanese War?

Militarily, the outcome of a 1941 Russo-Japanese war would have been far from certain. Russia had been defeated in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5, and during its intervention in the Russian Civil War, Japanese troops had advanced all the way to Lake Baikal.

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