[jamaksin]

Those amongst themselves (several times), but Chiang Kai-shek was talked out of it with Japanese.

Imagine ... Japanese as a threat to the USSR in the East while fighting the Germans in the West.

[skeeter]

Imagine ... Japanese as a threat to the USSR in the East while fighting the Germans in the West.

This was the army's ultimate goal up until the time of Khalin Gol, when they were roundly humiliated.

Which is too bad, because influence then shifted to the navy which, needing oil, advocated the 'strike south' strategy that concluded with the December blitz & the PH attack.