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    What if Stalin just doesn't wanna go to war with Japan in August 1945 and sits it out?

    By late June, and certainly July and August 1945, some elements in the US government (I am pretty sure civilian, not military) were preferring the USSR *not* participate in the war against Japan and accordingly spread its influence in the Far East.
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    What if Stalin just doesn't wanna go to war with Japan in August 1945 and sits it out?

    Depending on what's going on with the war, how soon Washington thinks Japan may surrender, and what Washington's priorities for Asia are, if Americans come a bribing, Stalin can fairly ask: 'are you bribing me to get in?' to kill your enemies and end the war faster? Or "are you bribing me to say...
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    What if Stalin just doesn't wanna go to war with Japan in August 1945 and sits it out?

    What if Stalin just doesn't want to follow-through with going to war with Japan in August 1945, decides to sit it out, blaming 'technical difficulties' for not getting started when talking to the Americans, and starts focusing on peacetime rebuilding and reposturing. One can argue participation...
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