Originally posted by tantalus
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I believe you're correct the Soviets can't win fast without a massive redeployment in 1941-42.That's not going to happen tha way August Storm happened.What they can do is another khalkhin Gol.They take the entire IJA and thrash it in a maneuver battle with whatever they have left in the FE after a good bunch started moving West in early 1941.
But you're also wrong.The Soviet soldiers fought to the death,no problem,no questions asked wherever they were asked.Against the Japanese,vs the Finns or Poles.They gave up on their own soil,not on the soil of others.And the reason is quite simple.There was no way to escape.But by giving up to the Germans they thought there was a way to escape.The Germans were liberators.The Japanese were just land grabbing outsiders.
So here's the thing.Will the Japanese ,doubly beaten by the Soviets,still try their luck in a southern push?I suppose after they got thrashed,they'll make a peace treaty and the SOviets will accept it.
Can the Americans get involved 100% without the day of infamy?
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