In the days preceding Japan's surrender in August 1945, the Soviet Red Army was rapidly advancing into Japanese-held territory in Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin Island, and eventually the Kuril Islands.
Oh I was just about to add: "The comments there keep talking about the Russians. They had nothing to do with ending the war. Japan ignored them."
Japan had already stripped the mainland of good troops & equipment. They'd written off everything in an effort to hold Korea and the Home Islands. Russia vastly outnumbered the Japanese troops and had modern equipment, tanks, artillery & aircraft aplenty!
However? They had zero seaborne invasion capacity. None. They had paratroopers yes, 150K reportedly. The distance would have meant no fighter escort (zero aircraft carriers too!) vs 1000 Japanese fighters waiting for them.
150K troops with no tanks, artillery OR air cover vs 1 million troops in those potential landing zones? 6-7 million on the Home Islands?
No, Russia's entry did not cause Japan a second of concern. They knew it was coming for months.
For comparison: The Allies would have landed 500,000 troops with ample tanks and undisputed air superiority. On the first day. They'd keep around 800,000 combat troops in action to take the southern island.
EDIT: I rechecked some sources. I got a few numbers wrong & misattributed a couple of things.
Russia had some seaborne capacity because the Americans gave them 100 landing craft. After the war was over, they continued to invade Japanese islands with heavy losses.
Japan didn't have 1000 fighters, they had 2000 modern, air superiority fighters.
The Home Islands had 3+ million Army soldiers, about half were top-notch troops, and ~2 million Navy personnel. They also planned up to 10 million "citizen soldiers" too.
It would take 5 days to land the 700,000 total troops for Olympic. Plus 1.2 million support personnel across the rest of the Allied forces directly involved.
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In the days preceding Japan's surrender in August 1945, the Soviet Red Army was rapidly advancing into Japanese-held territory in Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin Island, and eventually the Kuril Islands.
Oh I was just about to add: "The comments there keep talking about the Russians. They had nothing to do with ending the war. Japan ignored them."
Japan had already stripped the mainland of good troops & equipment. They'd written off everything in an effort to hold Korea and the Home Islands. Russia vastly outnumbered the Japanese troops and had modern equipment, tanks, artillery & aircraft aplenty!
However? They had zero seaborne invasion capacity. None. They had paratroopers yes, 150K reportedly. The distance would have meant no fighter escort (zero aircraft carriers too!) vs 1000 Japanese fighters waiting for them.
150K troops with no tanks, artillery OR air cover vs 1 million troops in those potential landing zones? 6-7 million on the Home Islands?
No, Russia's entry did not cause Japan a second of concern. They knew it was coming for months.
For comparison: The Allies would have landed 500,000 troops with ample tanks and undisputed air superiority. On the first day. They'd keep around 800,000 combat troops in action to take the southern island.
EDIT: I rechecked some sources. I got a few numbers wrong & misattributed a couple of things.
Russia had some seaborne capacity because the Americans gave them 100 landing craft. After the war was over, they continued to invade Japanese islands with heavy losses.
Japan didn't have 1000 fighters, they had 2000 modern, air superiority fighters. The Home Islands had 3+ million Army soldiers, about half were top-notch troops, and ~2 million Navy personnel. They also planned up to 10 million "citizen soldiers" too.
It would take 5 days to land the 700,000 total troops for Olympic. Plus 1.2 million support personnel across the rest of the Allied forces directly involved.
A complete fiction, rabbi
Whatever you say comrade
You a Mao fan or Stalin's boy?
Um thats yourself Jewboi...
Globalism = Communism = Zionism