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The Soviet Union had fought with Japan over the Manchurian border. An uneasy truce had existed since September 1939, when, in 1941, both nations realized that the coming war in Europe would mean that they would have to protect their interests elsewhere. Still, both nations had significant forces in Northern China in case the other attacked.
When the Germans were at the suburbs of Moscow in the Winter of 1941, Stalin's spy in Tokyo was pressured to report if any attacks on the Russian-Manchurian border were forthcoming before he moved crack Siberian winter troops to the West for a major offensive.
The Soviets interned both Americans and Japanese when they landed in Soviet-controlled territory. While Stalin professed neutrality, he was intent on entering the Pacific War as soon as Hitler was subdued. Massive losses in the West prevented him for doing that until 1945.
Two days after the Hiroshima atomic bomb dropped, Stalin invaded Manchuria. The once-powerful Kwantung Army was brushed aside as major areas lost in the Russo-Japanese War were retaken. Soviet Forces also occupied Sakhalin Island, north of Japan.
Korea was split in two when Allied and Soviet Forces agreed in September 1945 to use the 38th Parallel as their demarcation line. This would lead to war in 1950 between the Korean governments, sponsored by their respective opponents in a new Cold War.
The Soviet Union suffered grievous casualties in the Second World War, which they called the Great Patriotic War. While the final tally may never be known, it is estimated that 20 million soldiers and civilians died on all fronts. This was a major contribution to their Cold War policies; they desperately wanted to ensure that such losses would not happen again.
The Avalon Project : Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact
The Soviet Union Won World War II
Uncompromising libertarian foundation providing moral, philosophic, and economic case for libertarianism. Essays, editorials, books, and seminars. Monthly journal of libertarian essays -- Freedom Daily -- $18 per year.World War II in the USSR
A quick reference tool and summary of the Soviet Union's World War II history.Soviet night operations in World War II
Combined Arms Research Library.The United States, the Soviet Union, and the End of World War II
The Voice of Russia [RUSSIA IN WORLD WAR II]
World War II and the Russian Front
Exhibit culled from the artifacts of the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow traces The Great Patriotic War from Operation Barbarossa to the fall of BerlinRevelations from the Russian Archives
RKKA in World War II
This project provides you materials, translated from different Russian sites, books and serials. Operations, battle schemes, equipment, weapons, structure, battles in figures, multimedia. Eastern look on the World War IIBBC NEWS | Europe | Overshadowed by Overlord
Soviet veterans still feel their crucial role in Hitler's defeat has been neglected, Stephen Dalziel writes.Russia's Secret Spoils of World War Ii | TIME
It is one of the most vexed questions left over from World War II: What, 50 years later, has become of the immense quantities of works of art -- paintings, sculptures, drawings, antiquities, textiles...Russia remembers World War II - Ronald Reagan Center for International Trade, Washington Insight on the News - Find Articles
Chapter 8 -- The Engineers before World War II
Soviet armored fighting vehicle production during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSoviet propaganda during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victory Day (Eastern Europe) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arctic convoys of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Marshal of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Military history of Leningrad Oblast during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
List of World War II weapons of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Military history of Latvia during World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Avalon Project : Nazi-Soviet Relations 1939-1941
The Avalon Project : Polish-Soviet Union Agreements : July 30, 1941
The Avalon Project : Soviet-Japanese Neutrality and Denunciation
Soviet Women Pilots in the Great Patriotic War
Women pilots and fighter aces of the Red Air Force in WWII. It features aviators like Lilya Litvyak, Valeria Khmoyakova, Katya Budanova, and others, and also the aircraft they flew.
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