In sci.military.naval wrote:
: In article , "Bill
: Silvey" wrote:

: Then there was the fact that the Reds did nothing while Japan massacred
: hundreds of thousands of Chinese in the '30s. Stalin only declared war on
: Japan *after* Japan had lost, just to gain Kamchatka. 100% fact.

100% fact? Hmmmm, wasn't Kamchatka already in Soviet hands?
Perhaps you are thinking of Sakhalin and some of the Kurile islands?

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