The Soviets did fight Japan and were a significant factor in the Japanese capitulation. But the victory against Nazi Germany was far more important to them.
Feel free to share some sources to support your comments
They had a nonaggression pack which lasted until Germany surrendered and Russia didn’t brake it until the US had dropped the Bomb.
The Soviet Union and Mongolian People’s Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in Manchuria and Mengjiang in Inner Mongolia, as well as northern Korea, Karafuto on the island of Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands. The defeat of Japan’s Kwantung Army helped bring about the Japanese surrender and the end of World War II. The Soviet entry into the war was a significant factor in the Japanese government’s decision to surrender unconditionally, as it was made apparent that the Soviet Union was not willing to act as a third party in negotiating an end to hostilities on conditional terms.
Not that the writing wasn’t on the wall for the Japanese thanks to the US efforts in the war, but that wasn’t enough for them to surrender just yet. It’s speculated that the Soviet entry may have been more important than the A-bomb in the end.
No because you didn’t put an /s and I have to always have a sense of being right for points. I have grown to hate how pedantic Lemmy gets sometimes now days. Can’t make a joke without a six page essay so morons don’t get confused in their rush to feel superior.
Bro is that a serious question? Germany capitulated on May 8th, Japan continued to fight. Japan only capitulated after the two atomic bombs were dropped on Nagaaki and Hiroshima.
If May 8th was victory day for WW2 why did the US keep fighting until August. What war were they fighting… so confused
The Soviets did fight Japan and were a significant factor in the Japanese capitulation. But the victory against Nazi Germany was far more important to them.
Feel free to share some sources to support your comments They had a nonaggression pack which lasted until Germany surrendered and Russia didn’t brake it until the US had dropped the Bomb.
https://thediplomat.com/2012/08/the-forgotten-soviet-japanese-war-of-1939/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet–Japanese_War
Literally from the Wikipedia link you listed:
Not that the writing wasn’t on the wall for the Japanese thanks to the US efforts in the war, but that wasn’t enough for them to surrender just yet. It’s speculated that the Soviet entry may have been more important than the A-bomb in the end.
No because you didn’t put an /s and I have to always have a sense of being right for points. I have grown to hate how pedantic Lemmy gets sometimes now days. Can’t make a joke without a six page essay so morons don’t get confused in their rush to feel superior.
Bro is that a serious question? Germany capitulated on May 8th, Japan continued to fight. Japan only capitulated after the two atomic bombs were dropped on Nagaaki and Hiroshima.
Not sure if you’re trolling, but the Pacific Front was a pretty big deal for America. The Japanese didn’t surrender alongside the Germans.
The point top-level comment was making is that “VE” day clarifies that the fight continued on after the defeat of the Nazis.