Why didn't Japan Attack the Soviet Union in World War 2?

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Why didn't Japan Attack the Soviet Union in World War 2?
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[@theapocalypse7084]

Germany : *Attacks the USSR Japan : I will pretend I didn't see that.

[@Josh-hr5mc]

Japan : *Attacks the US Germany : I will pretend I didn't see that The world is lucky the axis powers were attacking everybody creating multiple fronts because the end result probably would have been much different

[@experience_point6233]

@@Josh-hr5mc Germany declared war on the US after Japan attacked them.

[@Pyro_Might]

Earlier... Japan: *Gets attacked by USSR Germany: I will pretend I didn't see that. *even earlier: gave Chinese military aid

[@Toumahitoedits]

If Japan attacked the USSR with Germany instead* Man of on the High Castle Intensifies*

[@oldsoul8742]

Hahahaha

[@raulroopchand3492]

Admiral Yamamoto was against attacking the US because he actually studied at Harvard University in the US, was naval attaché at the Japanese embassy in Washington DC, and had travelled extensively throughout the US. So he knew that America was industrially and militarily powerful and that Japan could not win a protracted war with them. Ultimately he was overruled by others in the Japanese High command who underestimated the US and didn't listen to him.

[@priatalat]

It was Tojo, he's the buffoon that pushed for the Attack on Pearl Harbor

[@lif3andthings763]

Attacking the Soviets was just as dumb as an idea. The Japanese would get fucked trying to get through Siberia. Also there was a reason for the preemptive strike on America. Japan needed the resources of south east asia(Philippines) and pacific which would have caused war with the US anyway.

[@Josh-hr5mc]

From what I've learned Japan attacking the US was simply because Japan was gonna run out of oil/fuel eventually. It was only a matter of when and what can be done before that happens

[@experience_point6233]

Japan had no choice but attack US. US embargoed them oil so Japan had to conquer Southeast Asia to get it and US would attack Japan eventually after they invaded so they dealt the first blow hopping it would destroy American naval fleet.

[@lif3andthings763]

@@dffndjdjd Why is that? You realize that Siberia is a waste land that still had soviet armies there all throughout out the war? The Japanese got destroyed in a undeclared border conflict. They are not winning in a actual war bro. Even if they make it past the troops on the border do you expect them to reach the urals or something? What would in Siberia would help them continue their war effort?

[@user-ym1bs7om9e]

Germany: just woken a sleeping giant. Japan: "how about another one?"

[@Bonobopantherienbionique]

Soviet horde would annihilate triple cuck alliance

[@adamdwiandhika3665]

AMURICA

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

the market has move from thinking about the relation to maybe a little bit of stagflation fear...

[@theentity5201]

I've done that, 5 times in my life mostly online, against people who are more powerful than me and still coming out of it in one peice. Some of us like making trouble lol

[@thegameplaymemer3248]

@Alucard Lords how bout i do care \_(•π•)_/

[@juantamayo5295]

Japan: "Russia is too powerful for us, we should fight an easier enemy" *Atacks the US*

[@PyromaN93]

USA is over the ocean, but USSR is near.

[@user-os2vu7nr6i]

@@PyromaN93 Well, if the Japanese are going to rush M., they still have to cross Siberia and Mt. Ural first.

[@auguststorm2037]

I mean once the US Pacific Fleet is disabled at Hawaii they surely would negotiate a peace, right ?

[@PyromaN93]

@@user-os2vu7nr6i I mean - attack your neighboor wit higher mob. reserve, bigger industrial power and landmass bigger, than Pluto - isn't really good idea.

[@jasonbell6234]

How? Only massive land army of Germans could really invade the Soviet Union.

[@onlyfacts4999]

Axis can't seem to coordinate their efforts to attack in sync in a team based game

[@samiuddin328]

They do their own thing or nothing at all

[@naveennidhurshan6939]

*Cough* Italy *Cough*

[@nandinhocunha440]

Japan shouldve leave US alone

[@phoenixrivenus9270]

You should be happy they didn't. Had they done so, the world would be a darker place.

[@lif3andthings763]

@@nandinhocunha440 They had to attack the Philippines and other islands for resources like rubber and oil. It was inevitable.

[@malickfan7461]

The USA issued an oil embargo on Japan once they occupied French Indochina, thereby cutting them off from about 85 percent of their oil income. In order to continue their war with China, Japan needed to get oil from the Dutch East Indies. Thus, the “go south” option was picked because they really didn’t have any other option at that point. I personally think that they would have attacked the USSR at some point had the USA not issued its embargo.

[@thunderbird1921]

Attacking the Soviet Union would have actually been the SMART move. They were already fighting a massive war with the Germans on the Eastern Europe Front, Siberia and the Pacific Russian ports would have been ripe for the taking. Japan and Germany could have honestly done the Soviet Union in if they coordinated. This of course would mean Britain would be the only major "free" stronghold left in Europe.

[@thunderbird1921]

@Kazumaf Great point about the Lend Lease agreements. People forget that America was helping equip them AND Britain during the war. That's why I wonder if the Japanese and the Germans jointly attack the Soviets in 1941 (before America ever enters), perhaps they could have won at least on that front. The reason Germany collapsed in the war is because Hitler idiotically declared war on the United States when he was already fighting two superpowers (though to be honest, the British Commonwealth may have pulled it off in the West in a MUCH longer and grueling war). Japan lost because they attacked a country that had industrial capabilities they couldn't match and their own limited resources as an island nation. We can speculate scenarios, but it was all but game over for the Axis after December 8, 1941.

[@malickfan7461]

@Kazumaf I don’t know if a joint axis attack could have “killed” the USSR, but it seems possible that they could have won a partial victory with favorable peace negotiations. Contrary to popular narratives, the Germans and Russians did send out peace envoys via neutral Sweden to each other in the hopes of ending the war. The main sticking point was the future status of Ukraine. Hitler really wanted it to be transferred into German influence so the Reich could be agriculturally self sufficient, but Stalin was insistant on keeping it. It wasn’t until after the battle of Kursk in mid 1943 that the Soviets stopped sending peace feelers to Germany. Had Japan been able to attack Russia, then perhaps Stalin would have been more open to making bigger concessions rather than risking an economic/ logistical collapse from a two front war. It should also be noted that Japan taking up arms against the ussr would negate the latter’s advantage in manpower. The ussr’s population during the war was about 168 million people. The Europeans axis (Germany, Italy, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Finland) was roughly 152 million and Japan had a population of 72 million. Keep in mind too that Germany’s high water mark within the ussr in 1942 saw them with a third of the Soviet population under their occupation. So the combined populations of just Germany and Japan alone would have been significantly higher than the number of people under direct soviet administration in 1942.

[@Zechariah_Mathieson1871]

@@thunderbird1921 But if Japan Invaded the USSR I'd probably be a long time until they really got any useful land or resources from them as about 70% or so of the land is barren Taiga which would be hard to take because of Supply trains that'd be needed for such a travel the Cold and that Some Mongolian or Chinese could try and go into Siberia to raid the Japanese, taking advantage of their situation and so Invading the USSR would more then likely be a waste of Manpower, equipment and Resources for the Japanese which would be better utilized against China, Britain and her Colonies or The Americans who were looking like they'd join the war soon due to the NAZI's Convoy raids against them including the fact that Japan wanted control over the Pacific something America wouldn't just let them do especially with American hawaii and American Philippines

[@jasonbell6234]

@@thunderbird1921 Germans had broken non aggression treaty and invaded a country with largest forces ever in history. Red Army first priority was always to wreck Germany.

[@naveennidhurshan6939]

The real reason is, they feared that the Soviets had the mighty Bob Semple on their side.

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

Bob semple op please nerf

[@imperialguardsman5726]

I mean The odessa tank

[@darkhope97]

@@imperialguardsman5726 yeah the n1

[@NeroWasTaken]

Strongest tank

[@thegameplaymemer3248]

*HOI4 INTENSIFIESES*

[@tvgerbil1984]

There was another reason for Japan being so keen to have peace with the Soviets in 1941. Japan was already at war with China for nearly 4 years by then. Although Japan had been winning, it couldn't wrap up the war there. Over a million Japanese troops were already committed in China and far more were needed. From 1937 to 1941, the Soviets were the Chinese only allies and had been supplying arms and airplanes to the Chinese. The deal the Japanese reached with the Soviets in 1941 was for the Soviets to cease helping the Chinese so that Japan could gain final victory in China. The Chinese, deprived of help from the Soviets from 1941, turned to the Americans. The Americans then started their embargo on Japan in 1941 and that became the catalyst for Japan to make its moves against the Americans.

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems...

[@PolishBehemoth]

I actually never heard of this part of the history. Do you have a link that shows the deal between japan and USSR to stop funding china materials?

[@gontrandjojo9747]

@@PolishBehemoth It's bullshit. The USSR never stop funding. However they were not funding "China" but the Chinese communist party.

[@tvgerbil1984]

​ @Rainbow Lion The military aid provided by the Soviet Union to China was the result of the Sino-Soviet Non-aggression Pact signed in 1937. An important element of the military aid was for the Soviet Union to supply China with warplanes and Soviet pilots which formed the backbone of the Chinese airforce during the Second Sino Japanese War before 1941. It was called Operation Zet in the Soviet Union. Operation Zet ceased after the signing of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact in 1941. The ceasation of military aid to China was in fact written into Article Two of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact which stated "Should one of the Contracting Parties become the object of hostilities on the part of one or several third powers, the other Contracting Party will observe neutrality throughout the duration of the conflict". The Japanese were fully aware of the presense of the Soviet pilots flying Polikarpov fighters against them before 1941 and knew the Soviets withdrew them after the signing of the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact.

[@TrudeaisaWEFpuppet]

Correct, now the faction that benefitted from Japan's defeat was the C Ç P

[@jacksonmacpherson6101]

One of the biggest reasons why, and something very few pop historians grasp is that the Axis were allied basically only on paper. Prior to the 2nd world war, Germany traded more with the USSR than with Japan and conducted more training exercises with them. Germany even actively hindered Japans war effort by training the KMT's elite 88th army.

[@WM-gf8zm]

That was during empire times and wiemar republik, not NSDAP late german reich

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems...

[@Alephbeth17]

Don't forget the Italians also supplied China aeroplanes and helped modernize Chinese aircraft.

[@WM-gf8zm]

@amar gwari tf u on about, whats hoi4, thats basic history

[@WM-gf8zm]

@amar gwari yes

[@John-rn1nm]

They did, they lost hard. That's why the Army was sidelined and the Southern expansion (European Southeast Asia) was chosen instead of the Northern expansion (Inner Mongolia, Soviet Union).

[@Franky46Boy]

Correct! They had a 'try-out' in 1939. The Japanese Army suffered heavy losses. Japan then turned its attention to the oil of the Dutch East Indies instead of the oil of Siberia...

[@milindaratnasuriya]

@@Franky46Boy THEY ALSO LOST TO SOVIETS IN MONGOLIA IN 1935

[@willrobinson9767]

Their offensive failed so badly they didn't have enough troops for defense and got counterattacked by Russia...

[@xuanquang9815]

i would argue that they (on paper) won on casualties alone but the Soviet can easily replace theirs, Japan couldn't

[@WM-gf8zm]

@@xuanquang9815 not so easily

[@spassocane3821]

Germany: "guys I'm going to attack the USSR" Italy: "cool man, I'll send troops" Japan: *seen 5:35 p.m.*

[@thegeek1429]

Is that a fri*king messenger meme?

[@trollege9618]

@@thegeek1429 no it's a Minecraft meme

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

the market has move from thinking about the reflation to maybe a little bit of stagflation fear

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

It was a typically robust erformance by the foreign secretary...iTWAS A TYPICALLY ROBUST PERFORMANCE BY THE FOREIGN SECRETARY...

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

The Buffalo Bills routed the Atlanta Falcons 41---14///

[@brandonarmienti6875]

Two reasons 1 the Battle of khalkin Gol showed the Japanese the Russians weren't pushovers and so made no more plans against the USSR and Japan shifted its focused on Southeast Asia. 2 they were planning for war against the Americans and unlike the Germans they were smart enough not to pick a fight with both the USSR and USA even though they lost anyway.

[@mrdoot0730]

The Germans could've not declared on japan and let it get thrown under the bus, but they opted to do this because taking down the USA would mean taking down the Bastion of Democracy, Japan didn't drag the USA to fight Germany, Germany dragged USA to fight'em

[@mrdoot0730]

@@dffndjdjd its the same old argument, "The Nazis could've won if they weren't Nazis/Warmongerers"

[@lif3andthings763]

@@dffndjdjd Only 3 divisions came from the border with Japan stop spreading misinformation. The Japanese could not beat Russia and even if they did their logistics would be even worse the Germans in the West. You are literally trying to change the fabric of history by changing the motives and reality of the time.

[@unteejo3678]

I believe Japanese had been importing oil from US until US stopped all oil trade with Japan to help keep Japan from harming allies. This might be one of the reasons Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

[@istvanszoke381]

Imo it was way more riskier to wage war against a united US, english, australian, dutch navy. On the other hand the soviets would have already heavily losing against germany hence has not much forces and supplies left against Japan!

[@liammckenna2930]

Iv been asking this question for so long why one never attacked the other thank you so much for making this video!!!!

[@Littlemilkjug533]

Russia actually invaded japanese territories in 1945 and in a month defeated more Japanese troops than the us in 4 years.

[@flawlessbinary7449]

I hate when people call the USSR Russia

[@Littlemilkjug533]

@@flawlessbinary7449 😂😂 Russia was even then the dominant state in the ussr, so it’s russia.

[@joycechuah6398]

@@Littlemilkjug533 Japan by that time had already been atomic bombed and was going to surrender, right?

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

@@flawlessbinary7449 Same here! Or calling Britain, England!

[@schatzkammerein]

Because the Soviet Union already whopped Japan at a battle known as Khalkin Gol, and that was enough for the IJA when they were already focused on fighting the Chinese.

[@PerryKobalt]

Wow spoiler

[@Ja-jq7pc]

Vodka beats Sushi

[@Go4Broke247]

After that, IJN took over IJA for losing that front with Soviet.

[@nandinhocunha440]

@@Ja-jq7pc Saki

[@kevinstachovak8842]

Future Marshal Zhukov showed his stuff here. But yeah Japan needed oil and rubber and it wasn't going to get them by invading Soviet territory

[@Hellston20a]

Japan loved to overestimate the effects of training, morale, and self-sacrifice. In fact in Khalkin-Gol, Japanese infantrymen, gunners, and pilots were qualitatively better. But all that was steamrolled by Zhukov and his colleagues' expertise in land operations and maneuver warfare.

[@ahmadrizqisumitro8512]

This explains anime pretty well

[@brianlong2334]

It's pretty hard to beat a force of 80,000 men 300 tanks and 200 aircraft with 30,000 men 40 tanks and 200 aircraft... The Japanese still did extremely well lost less men and equipment then the Russian's.

[@Hellston20a]

@@brianlong2334 Individual Japanese soldiers are generally better than individual Soviets. But Japanese leaders were less experienced, unprofessional and incompetent, since the Japanese culture preferred seniority and patronage over skill. This is true even today.

[@jjk5693]

@@ahmadrizqisumitro8512 Why?

[@stoggafllik]

@@Hellston20a That is a gross simplification.

[@drunkenlancer5895]

In any relationship the key is communication. That is why the Axis were poor lovers.

[@scintillam_dei]

Hows the land of the dying leaf doing? Is blackface Turdeau up to his libtard antics again?

[@TheLastPope]

Yeah you are right about that no good communications also no ressource trade and support..

[@drunkenlancer5895]

@@scintillam_dei It's alright, right now trudeau is just not carrying out any of his campaign promises, same old same old

[@scintillam_dei]

@Franc Hohenzollern Liberals and atheists have morals but they're pulled out of their self-righteous butts so they're worthless, and cherry-picked and arbitrary and inconsistent and subject to change, conditions apply.

[@scintillam_dei]

@Franc Hohenzollern Actually, many liberals slash atheists tell me that they base their morality on animal behaviour. Yes... animals are their role models. Turns to look at a gorilla eating its own shit and sharks cannibalizing and a lion killing rival pups.

[@fem530]

Probably because they 1. Overextended getting destroyed and china still lived 2. They had a job aggression pact which they honored unlike Germany but the Soviet didn't after Germany died

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

Come out ,or japanese bust the door down.....Come out ,or Japanese bust the door down....Come out ,or Japanese bust the door down...

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

a stunning view of the lake.....a stunning view of the lake....a stunning view of the lake...

[@alastair9446]

Well, considering you allied with the enemy that just invaded your country I think that would nullify the non-agression pact.

[@OAlexisSamaO]

didn't soviets denounce the neutrality pact so it could end before starting to prepare for their invasion on the japanese controlled territories ? i believe the soviets had also agreed to help the allies with japan once germany was defeated

[@parashit2181]

Are you telling me Japan had to choose between Sunny place with natural resources at the south or Dark place with only snow at the northwest where they would died starving like every troops who invade that area?

[@Remembrance1776]

Indeed. For Hiroshima and Nagasaki, things got very Sunny by the end of the war.

[@holdfast453]

There are more natural resources in Siberia than anywhere else in the world. Pity Russia is so corrupt all that gets plundered by a bunch of oligarchs

[@mastrammeena328]

@@holdfast453 not more than south east asia and china

[@ecksdee1637]

@@holdfast453 Resources you cannot tap 90% of the year back then, even if they could Siberia is huge and the Soviet Union had a really big population. They would probably start a guerilla war like the winter war against the japanese

[@keyboardking8008]

the generals aren't the ones doing the " dying " and " starving " , for them these things don't matter

[@brokenbridge6316]

Nicely informative video. Nice job.

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Videos of channel helps linking so many little historical anecdotes together and interesting✨

[@FPSGamer48]

Japan: The Soviet Union is too strong, we could never oppose them! Also Japan: Let’s take on the British Empire and United States at the same time we’re invading China, it’ll be simple!

[@alastair9446]

They beat Russia in 1905 on the sea and the United States had a smaller population and country, and was further away than Russia, and was in a great depression so they should be easier. And Germans just beat the British in France and British Navy was stuck in Europe proctecting the island. That was the thinking. They just didn't expect a war was what the USA needed to get their economy to work again.

[@LSG_Squadron]

@@alastair9446 soviet union wasn't the same Russia as before and that's why the soviet union is one of USA greatest enemies back then

[@DK-gl3ih]

@@alastair9446it wasn’t 1905

[@alastair9446]

@@DK-gl3ih 1905 might sound a long way off now, but 1941-1905= 36 years. The USA is still using weapons from 36 years ago and things are still pretty much still the same from 36 years ago.

[@DK-gl3ih]

@@alastair9446 they weren’t the same army. You have no idea what your talking about

[@nassauguy48]

Japan could not wage a two front war. Moreover, its forces had suffered a beating down by Soviet troops in an isolated border skirmish in East Asia a few years earlier, causing Japan to realize that this was NOT the Russia of 1905.

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

extremely surprising or shocking ....extremely surprising or shocking.....extremely surprising or shocking...

[@GeneralCrimPringles]

I mean if they attacked ussr. Then maybe Soviet would’ve split their troops. This would allow Germany to finish him offAnd being attack from both sides might decrease Soviet morale. Maybe they could’ve surrendered

[@deeward5572]

What was the difference in 1905 and 1939

[@kevinbergin9971]

@@likelihoodoccurrence2384 WELL! "surprising OR shocking?"

[@3j6j9j8]

最も2正面を嫌ったのはソ連です。日本と米国の政府の最中枢機関にソ連のスパイが紛れ込み、日米開戦へ陥れました。

[@janardanbautista6722]

attacking Siberia wouldn't have made any sense for the Japanese high command BUT, i do wonder what the effects of a concurrent attack with operation Barbarossa would have been. Maybe Operation Typhoon is successful?

[@dragosstanciu9866]

The Japanese army in Manchuria was inferior in every aspect to the Soviet Siberian units, thus even if Japan and Germany attacked at the same time the Japanese army would have been defeated. Then the Soviets would still use the Siberian divisions against Germany.

[@greg_mca]

Japanese logistics were even worse than the Germans'. If they'd been delayed (which they would be in such terrain and such poor infrastructure facing proper resistance) their operations would be blunted and would slow to a crawl, if they could keep going at all and not be forced back like they were in China or new guinea. The Japanese wouldn't represent that big a threat when they're so far away and in the least populated part of the USSR. Yakutsk and the Baikal are both 1100 miles from Harbin in different directions, krasnoyarsk another 500 miles west of the Baikal, and novosibirsk another 400 miles west beyond that. Even if the Japanese marched 20km non stop every day from the start of July following the shortest main route over land (which they would have to do) from the border and with no delays whatsoever, they still wouldn't have reached novosibirsk by the time the Germans were stopped in December. Just reaching lake Baikal would be a longer distance than the Germans going from Warsaw to Moscow. The overland distances are simply too huge for Japan to conquer outright, and Japanese logistics wouldn't allow them to threaten any important regions. Nor would it be able to support a large army, meaning the soviets wouldn't have to devote as much against them. Assuming of course that the Japanese army air force and tanks aren't immediately wiped out by their heavier and more numerous soviet counterparts. With these factors and the Germans slowed by exhausted units and crippled by logistics issues, I don't believe a Japanese invasion would have allowed the Germans to take Moscow. Reach it maybe, but not take it, and they'd still get pushed back by forces beyond the city

[@xuanquang9815]

not really. even without the troops that reinforce Moscow, the USSR still had more than one millions troops in the Far East district.

[@paulgee8253]

The geography and enormous distances and weather would mean Stalin could write off most of the Far East and not be affected.

[@Blankskeen]

@@dragosstanciu9866 The rate at which Germany was advancing through USSR was staggering, if the Japanese had even just stalled the Serbian divisions from assisting the European front, Germany may have in the very least reached Moscow. Defeating a common enemy will benefit all participants. Bismarck demonstrated this by forcing Austro-Hungarian Empire into a two front war with Prussia and Italy. Even though the Italians didn't perform well in the conflict, they ultimately benefited from the affair.

[@abinashtarai6067]

Amazing knowledge

[@diegode415]

Japan realized after midway that sneak attacking a superpower probably isn't the best idea.

[@emperorshowa8842]

Yes it is not a good idea but to attack the Soviet Union is a good idea Japan realized this but did not have such important resources as oil and that is the reason why Japan chose to attack the United States !

[@emperorshowa8842]

Russia was not a great power But the idea of ​​attacking the Soviet Union when it was at war with Germany would be a good idea.

[@rlm2933]

Japan is like that friend that does nothing in a school project

[@jimikooke1420]

More like italy

[@theuniverse5173]

Lmao aren't you one of RLMs goons triggering kids on Minecraft/roblox videos

[@coffeelink943]

@@jimikooke1420 more like Franco Francisco use both axis power to win the civil war then forget them

[@greyscaleb1537]

Because it's heavily invested in it's own project, tard. Lol

[@nari3774]

Ur mom is like that occurrence where things get too heavy

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@DARTHDANSAN]

Wow that has to be one of the best history lessons ever thanks

[@priatalat]

Here's the main reason: Germany thought they'd quickly defeat the Soviet Union and didn't need Japan.

[@Jean_Jacques148]

That wasn't really a main reason. The main reason is because Japan didn't see a point in attacking U.S.S.R when there were no found resources Siberia had that would be useful for Japan, and they were already busy with China.

[@princebob2239]

Also the soviets had already smacked them in a war so rlly japan wouldn't be able to defeat the soviets. Also even if the Japanese succeeded they wouldn't have the capacity to make it to leningrad or even cross the gigantic ural mountains that block siberia from the european part of russia.

[@USSFFRU]

@@princebob2239 not to mention Siberia has dangerous wildlife, terrain etc.

[@princebob2239]

@@USSFFRU There is also the fact that the japanese were already fighting the us and the european colonies such as dutch indonesia and australia. They would probably freeze to death in siberia anyways.

[@missymiami6798]

They also got their ass handed to them in khalkin Gol so they didn't really wanted to face the massive soviet fire-power

[@snab032]

In fact, one of the main reasons was the fact that before 1938, Japan and the Soviet Union fought hard wars in Monogolia, where Japan lost. But in 1939, the USSR and Germany signed the Molotov-Ribentropp non-aggression pact. Which was the last in Europe, before that almost all European countries signed similar pacts, the USSR did it last. But this Agreement infuriated the Japanese. They considered this as almost a betrayal on the part of Germany. And thus the Japanese, who suffered land defeats from the USSR, switched to a new military doctrine, which included the concept of mainly naval dominance in Oceania. Colossal changes took place in the general staff; land generals were replaced by naval admirals. As a result, Japan did not open a second front in the East of the USSR, but attacked the United States. This allowed the release of the USSR troops from the Far East and Siberia, which prevented the fall of Moscow and changed the course of history, which thus took the first step towards the victory of the USSR. If this had not happened, then perhaps Moscow would have fallen and the course of history would have been different. That's how important the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was for the overall victory of the USSR.

[@Mesugaki_Channel]

ほんとこれが正しい。日帝の戦車などの陸上戦力の質は低いって思われてるけど、それは日帝が米国との戦争に備えてたからであって、北へ攻めることになっていれば多くの軍備を陸上戦力に割けていたから世界基準から見ても遅れを取らないレベルには達していたはず

[@ninja.saywhat]

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[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nicely explained

[@paulgee8253]

Japan got whipped by the Red Army’s armor and artillery at Nomohan Mongolia in 1939 and the raw materials Japan needed weren’t readily available in Russia’s Far East. Being at war with largest population, largest economy and largest Empire was, temporarily, enough for the Japanese in early 1942. By Midway they realized they’d bitten off more than they could chew and Russia was off the table. They’d let Germany crush the Russians and they’d maybe mop up in the Far East.

[@xuanquang9815]

yes, many people assumed that Japan should invade Russia, but there wasn't any immediate benefit for them as Far East Russia though considered very rich in resources, still a backward undeveloped region.

[@oraclex2976]

Hogwash.

[@lucinae8510]

Most people say Japan didn't attack the USSR because their men and resources were stretched out in China and South East Asia, I think another huge reason is because there just wasn't anything for them to gain in Siberia and it would have been a nightmare to control even with the Soviets preoccupied.

[@thegameplaymemer3248]

I guess they did'nt attacked the soviets since that would overstrech them. They had already an land front in china, and even if they deployed their finest units in manchuria, that would mean just more units to partialy loose and to supply, and the soviets just could dig in in siberia, still calling those units that defended moscow, wait for the germans to inreversebly loose and then push japan back al the way to south korea this time, since i would'nt know what other big push could get the USA into the war. But i think that in the alternate timeline, japan maybe would have some controll over south china, and south korea, mean while china would have its civil war, but this time the comunits would have it easier since they would gain north korea and maybe some land that the japanese controlled first. I think with japan coming out stronger then it did, They would still oil, rubber, etc. So they would attack ducht east indies and other british colonies. Or they would attack USA all over agen \_(•=•)_/

[@oraclex2976]

Without massive material support from the USA (lend-lease), the USSR would have had the shit kicked our of them by the Japanese, had they attacked.

[@christopherhoffer6643]

How did Nepal and Bhutan avoid getting absorbed into British Raj?

[@user_____M]

Too rich. :))

[@gocool_2.0]

They were neither significant nor strategic areas. Also nepal lost about 30% of its area to British raj.

[@Ja-jq7pc]

They were just mountainous wasteland that the british couldnt exploit

[@darryljones3009]

The Himalayas.

[@mExiCanRyMeeZZ]

Because Ghorkas

[@MinhLe-fx9lf]

Winter is always Russia biggest ally. I’m sure Japanese Empire knew that!.

[@helpiamstuckonthismanshead3385]

Siberia is a wasteland except for the railway it's colder in then the western russia

[@Redkodiak1994]

I guess that's how Russia got lucky when they defeated Napoleon

[@ZubaFix]

@@Redkodiak1994 there was no luck, the russians have to endure the same conditions as the invading army. It's not like the weather is different for each side of the conflict

[@VendPrekmurec]

Yeah winter was from 1939 to 1945! No summer time, eternal winter... Winter from 1939 to 1945 destroyed Germany. Soviets were only sitting there. Germany eventually gave up and winter has won.

[@deas3016]

​@@VendPrekmurec german lack of strategy ..italy delayed them, winter just a barrier

[@rahsaanhill5781]

This video is awesome

[@timjohnson2186]

Thank you. I love history

[@mango2005]

They had only just signed a Neutrality Pact with the USSR in Summer 1941.

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months.......He was imprisoned for 2 concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months.......He was impriosned for 2 concurrent terms of 30 mnths and 19 months...

[@jldldr3933]

Short awnser: They got their asses whooped in Mongolia and the navy won the debate on what superpower to invade.

[@LSG_Squadron]

And they chose wrong but either way they would've been wooped by the same thing *Winger my boi! You have killed so much!*

[@sego6277]

I was today thinking about that question and this is another video about answers I was always wondering

[@LordSchnoodle]

Oh damn. You answered a question I didn’t know I had

[@hauntologicalwittgensteini2542]

Why yes invading the USSR while struggling to hold land in China and fighting off insurgents would be a great idea. If only the Japanese high command played Hoi4.

[@wizzy7000]

I questioned the same thing, thank you for this, cause they only attack America cause they thought it would scare Americans forcing them to keep trading with Japan for oil but if they helped with operation Barbarosa they might have gotten of huge supply of oil reserves anyways

[@wizzy7000]

@CKS1949 I meant Stalingrad,once they capture the ussr they could trade with Germany or share the reserves together

[@davidfleeman2610]

One of the most accurate WW2 Pearl Harbor movies is Tora Tora Tora, my great grandfather was on the USS Attu in Pearl on Dec 7th and he said that it was the most accurate depiction of both sides of the attack

[@CRAZYHORSE19682003]

The Japanese had ZERO chance against the Russian forces so they smartly avoided it.

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

Come out ,or japanese bust the door down.......come out or Japanese bust the door down......

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

you look absolutely stunning....You look absolutely stunning....You look absolutely stunning

[@LSG_Squadron]

It wanst just Russian at that because the Soviet union consist of 16 ssrs

[@lancethedeeznuter.5421]

Also Soviet Union is so freaking cold, that the german troops started to to starve to death.

[@peterjobovic3406]

Khalkhin Gol losses do not make sense. In fact, Japan's losses were at least 36,000 and Russia had losses of about 9,700.

[@buonaparte11]

I've never heard of such numbers. The numbers in the video are correct.

[@connorkenway5452]

@@buonaparte11 You never heard of numbers but say correct okay then

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months.........He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months..

[@cbm2156]

The same reason that the USSR did not attack Japan early in the war, they both did not want a war on all fronts.

[@PolishBehemoth]

Thats actually NOT why the USSR did not initiate war with japan.

[@hocestbellumchannel]

That was also an inquiry that I always had.

[@joelgagnon1]

I don’t agree with your analysis. You dont mention any tangible reason for an invasion. South East Asia had ressources that Japan was craving for, such as oil and rubber. Siberia was ressource intensive to invade and would not provide any of them. You don’t attack a country just because you can or for the pleasure to grab land.

[@jackparker8602]

That’s just not true. Siberia was and is incredibly resource rich. Especially in oil, which the Japanese were chronically short of.

[@joelgagnon1]

@@jackparker8602 i dare you to point on a map any oilfield in Siberia active during ww2 :-)

[@jasonmonteiro3887]

@@joelgagnon1 You killed him with that argument wkwkkwkw

[@darkhope97]

Also leaving this here the soviet general that was put on charge for the far east when the germans attacked managed to do something amazing Despite sending half of his 700k strong forces to the western USSR to face the germans in a matter of moths had a defensive force little over a million strong drawing mostly from civil war veterans that did had a big use for on a highly mobile war but had the training and experience to conduct a good defens(and that's even not counting the Mongolian forces)

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems.....Rumours began to circulate his financial problems...

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

japan couldnt help eyeing US hungrily...Japan couldn help eyeing US hungrily.....Japan couldn't help eyeing US hungrily....

[@alexnannetti7095]

Mongolia had a big army?

[@darkhope97]

@@alexnannetti7095 taking into consideration their population they had big mobile forces and most importantly they had lots of experience

[@alexnannetti7095]

@@darkhope97 how the fuck did they had a lot of people and a big mobile Force if Mongolia is a desert,now i'm curios

[@PolishBehemoth]

This has been done and over done many, many times over. Japan structured their empire based around the sea and sea warfare, with the land part being structured around quick movements close to the coast line. This is why they got bogged down in china which was much much militarily weaker than Japan Empire because they simple did not have the infrastructure, or doctrine, or materials to go far in land. This same principle was applied to USSR which was much larger than china, and much stronger military. The Japanese were not able to incure serious damage to USSR, if at all.

[@jammy1551]

Plz could u make history about the seljuk empire and there continuation the seljuk sultanate of rum

[@thehillbillygamer2183]

The dragon knew that the eagle was coming for him and they needed every last bit of strength to fight the eagle

[@alamindumengjiala5214]

What's the music at 3:34 please?

[@Home-EdHistory]

Great video! What I will say, is Operation Barbarossa wasn't a humiliating failure. Yes it failed in the end, but the Germans managed to almost reach Moscow in six months, before they were pushed back by the Soviets. Then it took the Soviets four years to defeat the Germans. Great video otherwise.

[@LKaramazov]

The only reason Barbarossa didn’t succeed is that the Russians were holding troops in the East in expectation of a Japanese attack. Once the Japanese were committed to war with a,Erica, the troops were sent west.I could be wrong, but that’s my understanding of it.

[@christophermaclean8555]

Agree 100%. It wasn't a humiliating failure by any stretch. What the German military was able to pull off in that venture, considering the Soviets were superior in man power and equipment and considering the terrain, vast space, and weather; was really a military miracle.

[@LKaramazov]

@@christophermaclean8555 it was only a historic winter and the logistical failure to supply German troops that saved Russia, but the single most important reason was that Stalin didn’t personally break, that he stood there like Jackson at first bull run. The Russian government was VERY close to falling. Stalin personally saved Moscow.

[@Home-EdHistory]

​@@LKaramazov If it wasn't the for American's Lend-Lease to the Soviet Union, the communists would've collapsed under the pressure.

[@LKaramazov]

@@Home-EdHistory Lend lease has always been a weak spot of mine, I’ve never fully understood it, but I’ve heard that it was all that you say it was.

[@gutholz4443]

if you judge the situation prior to a war, you dont only have to check what can be gained by invading a country, but also if that country will be a threat. lets say the Japanese had decided to expand south (like the army wanted), would the SU tolerate that? What if not? They had to fight them additionally... A non-aggression treaty helps not much if it is broken in the end...

[@snuggles03]

I have wondered for very long time why the Japanese never invaded the Soviet union, and you have answered my question so thank you very much

[@user-os2vu7nr6i]

When The Khalkha river sings Internationale... Japan: Arraito, We go saoto desu.

[@willshow5958]

they wanted to but Germany signed a none aggression pact with them after that they didn't trust them ..

[@nannapetersen7533]

kan u pls make a part 2 on the roman empire i love it

[@Vandelberger]

You guys are great, but always a few weeks behind Tiks discussions.

[@Drizzle52693]

One word: OIL The attack on Pearl Harbor was to ensure Japans oil supply would keep flowing from the South Pacific. If they decided to invade the USSR instead of the US then they would’ve had to reach the caucuses ASAP. And even if they were able to do that I doubt it would be able to sustain both the Germany and Japanese militaries

[@Pikkabuu]

Japanese reach Caucasus?! Japan was already at the limit of its logistical capability in China and you area arguing that the Japanese could get to the other side of the Earth?!

[@Gmlscf]

你说得对，主要就是为了石油，当时日本在中国占领地区进行了大规模勘探，差一点就发现了中国东北的大庆油田，大庆油田是世界十大油田之一，光是这个油田就可以保证日本海军的石油使用了，当时他们真的就差1公里就能发现大庆油田!这是真的

[@hardys1664]

One day humans would stop fighting and play football to settle disputes (said no one ever)

[@plazmikpond]

5:06 that Sound effect reminds me of Armor Games.

[@germanicelt]

I was just commenting about this on another video about how WW2 in Europe played out.

[@KangaKucha]

Also if I recall correctly, if Japan fought the USSR it would have exposed itself to the USA and the other Allies in the Pasific. They had to pick one or the other (or none) and couldn't do both themselves.

[@glithtap2383]

Germany: Declare War On Him! Japan: No! Germany: DECLARE WAR ON HİM! Japan: NO!!!! Germany: Ok, were screwed.

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

extremely surprising or shocking.....extremely surprising or shocking...

[@dimas3829]

opposite to that, but oh well.

[@jortiz1451]

I love Curiosity Stream.

[@acursedimage8350]

One thing I noticed about the axis is that everyone kinda did their own thing not really working together

[@maxwellhudson438]

Easy, they could've attacked two superpowers, the USSR or the USA. They decided to attack the US for resources in the Southeast Asia region. The forces of japan would've also had heavy causalities as a result of heavy attrition.

[@paulpaid]

LOL@" japan would've also had heavy causalities "..Ya think?

[@joycechuah6398]

In Kalkin Gol the Japanese inflicted more casualties on the Soviets, though.

[@lif3andthings763]

@@joycechuah6398 But their force got destroyed. That happened many times on the eastern front as well. Casualties aren’t as important as you think.

[@jasonbell6234]

Not really. Soviet Union barely survived 1941

[@maxwellhudson438]

@@jasonbell6234 I’m talking about the winter and supply, the Soviet’s would had taken Berlin then focused on Japan, which had been a slow and bogged down force reasons above winter

[@estanislauborges8832]

Great Video! In my historical analysis, three main reasons contributed to Japan's decision to attack Pearl Harbor (ignoring Siberia in the process): • 1) The memories of Khalkhin Gol (as the video already mentioned). Unlike the Germans, Japan did not underestimate the Russians. The Russian victory at Khalkhin Gol (which was led by Zhukov himself), was, at the very least, traumatic for the Japanese. The Japanese decision to attack Pearl Harbor and to ignore Siberia, in my historical analysis, dates back to the traumatic Japanese defeat at Khalkhin Gol. • 2) An eventual Japanese attack in Siberia would be a military "suicide" for Japan! If Siberia had been invaded, Japan would not only fight two enemies (China and USSR), but three (including the USA). If the Japanese had attacked Stalin's Russia via Siberia, Japan would have to wage a war on three fronts! Yes, the war with the US was inevitable for Japan (regardless of Pearl Harbor). Washington, in other words, would not tolerate a Japanese invasion of Siberia. Remember guys, the USSR was the pivot of the Anglo-American strategy! A possible Japanese invasion of Siberia and Stalin's final defeat, therefore, were two possibilities that Washington and London could not even consider and imagine. Moreover, the relations between Japan and the US were tense since 1940. Following the oil embargo proposed by Roosevelt (90% of the Japanese oil was imported from the USA), Washington, in fact, declared a real "trade war" against Japan. The oil embargo proposed by Roosevelt, which was encouraged and proposed by Molotov himself, had precisely the intention to prevent Japan from launching any military operation towards Southeast Asia and/or Siberia. By attacking Southeast Asia (including Pearl Harbor), however, Tokyo could still maintain a "suspicious peace" with Stalin on its northern flank. • 3) It was in Southeast Asia, not in Siberia, that Japan desired to create its Colonial Empire. It was through the conquest of the French, Dutch and English colonies of Southeast Asia, therefore, that Japan would be self-sufficient in oil, iron ore, coal and rubber for its war machine. Moreover, the Japanese decision to "avoid" Siberia was undoubtedly VITAL for the German defeat at the Battle of Moscow. If Japan had invaded Siberia, Stalin would be forced to fight on two fronts.

[@juancarlosvalladares8486]

Agree with you. If Japan attacked USSR, it would have faced, not only a two front war (China and USSR), but a three front one (with USA). Japan needed resources, only attainable in the East Indies, so they needed to go south. The USA eventually would have joined the war, especially if Japan attacked the Phillippines. It was a matter of time. If Japan invaded the USSR, they would be the ones defeated first in WW2. USSR would have survived the Germans, even if Moscow fell. However, if Japan was defeated first and Germany last, it would have affected, not World War 2, but the Cold War outcome. USSR would have never liberated Eastern Europe, the Western Allies would have done it. USSR would have invaded the Japanese Empire. The Iron Curtain would have been in Asia instead of Europe. Also, the first nuclear bombs surely would have been dropped in Germany, not in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in this "What If" scenario.

[@lif3andthings763]

I disagree with the idea that the Battle of Moscow would have been lost if Japan had invaded. All Those troops weren’t actually stationed on the Manchurian border with Japan. They were from all over Eastern Russia. Remember that Germany had a non aggression pact with the Soviets too and they invaded unannounced. They wouldn’t fall for it again and there were forces kept on the Japanese border throughout the war.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@@lif3andthings763 If Japan attacked that would mean the Russians don't recieve 800,000 men for the Moscow defence against the Germans.

[@lif3andthings763]

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Those troops did not come from the Manchurian border with Japan. Only 3 divisions ever came from there throughout the whole war you are just wrong. A sizable force of troops was still there on the border.

[@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-]

@@lif3andthings763 The Soviets had around 1.2 million men in the east, the Japanese on the other hand had 1.5 million. The Soviets in 1941 would have been outnumbered by the Japanese.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

Interesting detail at 7:27 and on your thumbnail where you made Hirohito considerably shorter than Hitler and Stalin. Interesting because Hirohito was actually an inch taller than Stalin, at 5'5.

[@panzerofthelake3437]

@@PolishBehemoth Who asked you to reply to him butthurt

[@PolishBehemoth]

@@panzerofthelake3437 i honestly dont remember making that post. Maybe i was drunk or pissed off. lol. its gone

[@uk4717]

The Battle of Khalkhin was a conflict that occurred between May 1939 and September 1939 over the border between Manchuria and the People's Republic of Mongolia. One of the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts (Manchukuo border conflict) that occurred intermittently in the 1930s between Manchuria, later Japan (Empire of Japan), and the Soviet Union, which had Mongolia as a satellite state bordering Manchukuo. One. It is divided into two phases, the first (May to June 1939) and the second (July to September 1939). The Imperial Japanese Army and the Soviet Red Army, which were backed by the conflict between the Manchukuo Imperial Army and the Mongolian People's Army, fought a battle, which was the largest military conflict in a series of Soviet-Japanese border conflicts. It became. Since both Japan and the Soviet Union concealed the damage and the incident itself to the outside, the Japanese side regarded Glasnost as "an overwhelming victory of the Soviet army, which had an overwhelming advantage in terms of troops, weapons, and supply." However, executives of the dictatorship such as Stalin, who suffered more damage than the Japanese army, and top domestic leaders such as Soviet military executives shared their reflection points. The number of casualties on the Japanese side was 18,000 to 23,000, and the Japanese Army, which suffered the greatest damage since the establishment of the Japanese Army, losing about 30 tanks and about 180 aircraft, was the Soviet Army before the battle. However, he overestimated the Soviet side because he misunderstood that he was overwhelmed after the incident. At least about 25,655 Soviet casualties in the Nomonhan incident, about 400 other armored vehicles such as tanks, and about 350 aircraft have been lost. The Japanese Army side did not know that the damage on the Soviet Army side that achieved the target itself was even more serious, and the Japanese Army executives who had many theories of Hokushin-ron just switched to the theory of Nanshin-ron, such as tanks, aircraft and logistics in this battle. I couldn't make use of my reflection points in the later war. On the contrary, the Soviet army shared the case with the national leader Stalin and the Soviet army counselor while hiding it from the outside, it was inferior in the number of aircraft, and there were almost no armored vehicles such as tanks, which was an overwhelming disadvantage. Incorporating various tactics taken by the Japanese army, which caused enormous damage by its own army, and improving weapons whose weaknesses were found, it was applied to the war with Germany that began in June 1941. If it is the theory of Hokushin-ron, it will not be a direct battle with the United States, which could not be done even if it wanted to participate in the parliament where the opposition to war intervention is the majority, and the Japanese side squeezed the Soviet Asian region around the Siberian railway with Germany. It is speculated that the German side defeated the Soviet leaders (European region) and the results of World War II had changed.

[@lightningclips18]

Next can you do a video on why didn’t Germany invade Switzerland in world war 2

[@Robbie-pc1dl]

the moutains

[@WM-gf8zm]

Because switzerland laundered money for them, stored gold and no reason really + bad terrain

[@DoctorDeath147]

Difficult terrain and no strategic value

[@Robbie-pc1dl]

@@DoctorDeath147 same idea!

[@DoctorDeath147]

also occupying Switzerland would mean another waste of manpower

[@mrbecker7628]

Germany and Japan werent that close as an ally to each other

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months......He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months.

[@LSG_Squadron]

@@likelihoodoccurrence2384 What's wrong with you. You keep saying random things over and over again in alot of comments

[@AluneTheShaman]

Well, Khalkhin gol happened and after getting whopped they massively under scaled back the Attacks

[@silverthefuture]

Oh god how the Battle of Midway changed everything for Japan.

[@Matt-yg8ub]

Actually….they did. The Soviet Union had to call up their armor divisions in preparation for invasion from the Japanese, which put them in a much better position when the Nazis invaded.

[@kevinyero7232]

Germany:I’m gonna fight this guy what’t the worst that could happen(moments later) guys I need help they are not as weak as I thought Japan:Well...no, sayonara Italy:Oh, you need help too, I thought I was the only one

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

What drew him to the area was its proximity to central city...

[@Flood2121]

The real question here is what happened to the cursor control during your sponsor's ad. Lol

[@avosadakian8636]

considering the vastness and extreme weather of eastern Russia and Siberia. the Japanese might have been stopped even with the Germans on the other side. that would have resulted in a catastrophic consequences on the Japanese since then they are at war with the Soviets which means they could have entered Tokyo and the war would have been over much sooner

[@sabeehulhassan3408]

Because of Non aggression pact with Russia in 1941 otherwise battle of Gol was little skirmish with Russia and Japanese didn't start full phase of war with Russia even Japan already defeated Russia in 1905

[@grandrum4889]

How the axis could have won: Italy taking Greece allowing the Germans to invade the USSR in 1940 instead of 1941 then the Japanese would invade the soviets tagging their Siberian reserves allowing the Germans to advance a lot further.

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months.......He was imprisoned for 2 concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months.

[@leonpaelinck]

Or just leave Greece alone. Italy needed at least 6 months of preparations.

[@havanayellow1514]

The Japanese would starve in Siberia while the result of the Germans trying to simultaneously plan a land invasion of Britain while also pushing for Barbarossa would possibly make things worse for the Germans.

[@chillbird1654]

italy didn't have enough resources to take greece

[@saidblanco7696]

Siberian reserves? More like siberian nothingness

[@FoxATX]

There was also one very important spy which helped Russia to avoid a Japan attack.. sitting in Japan and was a German guy

[@diegoflores9237]

Option #3 concentrating on manga would have been the best

[@ElioCarboni]

Because vodka beats sushi

[@dragosstanciu9866]

Vodka attacks the liver, sushi is much healthier.

[@ElioCarboni]

@@dragosstanciu9866 that’s why

[@Ja-jq7pc]

Yessss vodka ftw

[@RenarchyLeader]

@@dragosstanciu9866 you go to gulag

[@dylanroemmele906]

I think you mean sake

[@browngreen933]

Fighting the USSR on the side of Germany was more likely a win for Japan than fighting USA, Britain, Australia, South Africa and India by themselves.

[@187mrsmith]

I was always curious why they never tried to help each other and plan attacks together instead of just picking wars individually with 2 different sides but claiming to be alies!

[@david_spirit]

There was a lack of trust, friends became more enemies.

[@wubbers662]

Because they had tried and failed terribly (note this was a few skirmishes) also the Japanese had attacked the Soviets in the Russian Civil War in their area and failed. Ultimately, it was a smart move for the long term as it meant there would be no North/South Japan like North/South Korea or North/South Vietnam or no East/West Germany

[@likelihoodoccurrence2384]

robust economic growth......robust economic growth.....robust ecnomic growth.....robust economic growth...

[@briangarrow448]

I believe I read somewhere that the Japanese Army had more soldiers stationed in Manchuria during the war than they ever used in the war for the Pacific. Does anyone know if that statement is accurate?

[@snake45aiman]

Yeah iirc Japan still has like 1M soldier during 1945 but most of them are in mainland Asia (like Burma and China)

[@vuktodic1356]

Not even close Japan during entire war only had about 1/5 of their land army stationed in manchuria for example in decembar of 1941 they had 1.7 m soldiers in 51 divisions, 27 were stationed in china 11 in manchuria and 13 were defending vast pacific colonies and mainland china so this was like 1/5 of the army In august of 1945 japan had 6.1 m soldiers of those around 1 m in manchuria Again this was not over 50% of the army

[@stix4768]

Early video music sounds like a video game

[@GarkKahn]

Tannu tuva deserved a name in that map

[@jdoe3006]

Main reason should be resources, SEA has plenty of resources compared to Siberia

[@sonofgoggi2283]

U r smart to notice that

[@zoemaliya6408]

Everybody is forgetting the Finns who fought against the ussr at the time of operation barbarosa

[@patixa6984]

And Iran

[@shafqatishan437]

Hi sheikh obama!

[@DeoAsh]

Finns reached the border of leningrad then refused to proceed further coz that was the limit of their agreement with Germany in ww2.

[@labeatkuqi]

They only needed to take Vladistok and they would be under 20% surrounding limit 😩

[@pckkaboo6800]

I guess some pal would say : wanna watch "little Asian men having fistfight with the Russian bear"? The crowd : No thanks..May have already know how it might end

[@DabDabGoose]

I have to disagree on this point, after operation barberossa was ine ffect, the soviets where in plan to move the vast majority of forces in the east to the west to attack the germans via the trans siberian railway, it would of been the perfect time to attack, although by this stage they had gone to attack the americans which in hindsight was foolish but understandable at the time given resource deficiency's, had they not done that and gone an full blown offensive on russia(likely a risk it all strategy given their situation) it would of been incredibly effective Russia wouldn't be able to defend a 2 front war against 2 incredibly strong armies, and the US at this stage would of still been in a 50/50 situation to get involved more which would of been ideal for the axis,

[@DabDabGoose]

@@SomeRandomDude32 how much was that due to the fact they had their forces spread across their dominion, unlike other imperialists, they never used allied locals for the military so they where using their own limited citizens, given the seriousness of the situation you would think it's fair game that they go thin on those areas to attack the vital area that can turn the war and thus increase number significantly over what they had.

[@lif3andthings763]

@@DabDabGoose The Japanese were similar to the Nazis in ideology. They saw themselves as the superior asian race and committed a lot of atrocities. They were also highly xenophobic. Why are you so invested in them being able to invade Russia when it would literally be suicidal. If it was such a good plan why didn’t they carry out in reality?

[@Dan-Martin]

False. USSR had a million troops stationed East throughout the whole war.

[@johnklaus9111]

You can’t just have one sentence: the logistical train needed to conduct a transiberian war was beyond Japanese capability.

[@mohamadejafer3954]

I love your video why you don't make project like a game

[@abiking6131]

Make Video on Religious Countries Plz Brother Kindly !!! 😘

[@anamul5371]

Abe Pakistani idhar ye sab kuch nahi milega,apne desh ke mullo ki channel o me dekho apna religion.

[@adriangaming4853]

@@anamul5371 Lol! He seems more like a Muslim from India.