06-09-2015, 02:57 AM
(06-08-2015, 05:48 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Had we stayed out of Asia... Japan would have taken most of China, and probably the russian east coast.
I suggest you brush up on your reading:
http://thediplomat.com/2012/08/the-forgotten-soviet-japanese-war-of-1939/
The Japanese and Soviets fought in 1939. The Soviets, led by Georgy Zhukov, whipped the Japanese so badly at the Battle of Khalkhin Gol that the Japanese did not dare threaten Soviet territory during the rest of the war. This was where Zhukov made his early name.
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