Posted on 07/31/2025 12:36:38 AM PDT by Cronos
Well, the Tsar actively used pogroms
And Hitler had just signed the Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin, only a few months after Japan signed the Anti-Comintern Pact with Nazi Germany. The Japs were none too happy about that, to say the least.
So after that, the Japs turned their attention southwards, towards The Dutch East Indies and The Philippines.
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