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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.

russia fought japan until the german invasion of russia. you don't have
to look in obscure sources to find out about it.



While the Soviets gave some aid to the chinese communists
and sent them some advisors it was minor and the only soviet
military involvement was in the form of the Nomonhan incident
in May1939 as a result of a Japanese incursion into Soviet
territory. The Japanese were given such a beating that they
hurriedly signed a non-aggression pact with the USSR which held
until August 1945. Indeed in 1945 the Japanese peace faction were
trying to contact the western allies via the USSR since it was a neutral.


Keith