| mrstickball said: They almost single-handedly beat the Japanese in the theater. If it were not for this involvment, then I am near certain that Japan would of pressed through Manchuko to Siberia and forced Russia into a two-front war... Something they had no chance of winning. |
This is something I debate a lot in my head. Why did Japan attack USA? Why didn't they help Germany and attack Russia first. I suppose both Germany and Japan underestimated USA power. USA was semi weak at the time but after the war machine got going there was nothing to stop the production output. I believe Japan should have attacked Russia. If Russia was knocked out of the war then it would be a whole different story for the remainder of the Allies. Funny that Russia steamrolled Japan towards the end of WW2 taking their holding in Manchuria, etc..
