From: Adam Flinton 

Jeff Shultz wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:40:10 -0400, Gary Wiltshire wrote:
>
>
>>On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:16:29 -0400, Monte Davis

>>wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Gary Wiltshire"  wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Why did we supply Stalin?
>>>
>>>Uhh, because at the time his team was doing most of the killing of our
>>>#1 enemy?
>>>
>>>-Monte
>>
>>While we were busy killing the enemy the Soviets didn't declare war on
>>until the end of the Pacific war.
>
>
> They hadn't been attacked by the Japanese, the Japanese were smart enough
> not to invade Siberia, and quite honestly, everyone recognized the Soviets
> had enough on their plate with the Eastern Front.
>
> Russia also had no navy of note, and the war in the Pacific was largely a
> naval war. Yes, they could have been fighting in Manchuria, but would it
> have made a difference?
>
>
Yes. Massive. Being chucked out of China would have destroyed the East
Asian Co-prosperity sphere bollox stone dead. They would then have probably
chucked em out of Korea etc too.

Adam

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