Posted on 06/25/2025 12:26:51 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
Maybe Stalin held his troops in East Asia back due to logistical problems: because it took a lot of time to move them from Europe to the Manchurian border.
Stalin seems to have, however, conveniently forgotten about the Soviet-Japanese non-aggression pact from April 13th, 1941, which was due to last for ten years, iirc…
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