Military History and Stuff.

[ordinarydude]

Soviet Union posed no threat to Japan during the late 30's and early 40's. It wasn't until the end of World War 2 did Russia invade Manchuria (by then the Japanese were facing defeat).

The Japanese were more concerned with neutralizing (if not eliminating) the United States naval threat in the Pacific rim.

The Nazi's were aware of the Japanese intent, but they were focused mainly on fighting the Brits (by then the Battle of Britain was over) and the Soviets on the Eastern Front.

Neither really wanted to fight Russia on two fronts, simply because they knew Stalin posed a greater threat to the Nazi's than they did to the Japanese...which is one of the reasons why they invaded China.

Ordinary