When Russia invaded Japan and captured Manchuria (during World War ll) , were they helping the U.S.?

Answer 1

USSR pursued its own interests: to make the Far-Eastern borders free of enemies.
USSR defeated Japanese Kwantung Army (1.2 mln soldiers) just in 19 days, capturing Manchuria, North Korea, liberating Sakhalin island and the Kurils. More that 0.5 mln Japanese became POWs.

This blietzkrieg effectively cut Japan from Chinese resources, and Hirohito immediately surrendered.

Answer 2

I doubt it, and whether they tried it could have resulted in failure. For one ingredient, the jap replaced into greater of a naval capability than a land capability. Their wish replaced into that they could get a knock out blow with the attack on Pearl Harbor, crippling the yank army so undesirable that the US could be years from rebuilding it. Even after the attack, the remarkable leaders of Japan knew that they could have 6 months to a million year max to win the conflict. After that they could be on the shielding and constructive adequate that replaced into what took place. The west coast of the US is this variety of long techniques from Japan that their grant strains around the Pacific could have been next to impossible to maintain. Secondly, their military wasn't sufficiently large to march its way around the US, even however they could could have captured a city like la or San Fransisco. regardless of the indisputable fact that, with an armed citizenry, i won't be able to work out any usa, now, then, or every time, with the flexibility to combat door to door around the US.

Answer 3

Russia invaded Japan and found Manchuria to capture? I'll be darned. Thought Manchuria was on the Asian continent and Japan was a bunch of Islands. Wonder how they got Manchuria moved to those islands so Russia, which didn't exist in WWII, could capture the place when they invaded those islands, which they never did? Man I'm confused.

Answer 4

The decision that the USSR declare war on Japan, when the war in Europe ended, was made at the Yalta conference. It was an agreement made between FDR, Churchill and Stalin.

Answer 5

as with all things that communist Russia (and later the USSR) did it was for there own self interest.

but to be fare all countries do things for there own best interest, it's just that democracies tend to do things that help other countries in the process, dictatorships don't

Answer 6

Do you think than any great military power has ever helped another country? All invasions have political or strategical reasons, Russia had its reasons which didn't include helping U.S.

Answer 7

russia didn't exist during wwII - it was the soviet union and they never invaded anyone and were in fact lucky that hitler lost his mind while invading the soviet union or they may have lost...

Answer 8

N O!!!!!!!