Russia vs. Japan

[superunknown]

Found this on yahoo, may be of interest to someone-
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050806/ap_on_re_eu/wwii_final_soviet_push

 

[lesofprimus]

I think theres a few people here besides myself that knew about this... Good info to post though...

 

[me262]

yeap brave soviets, attacking a starved army, with no fuel and provisions and no effort to fight back

 

[lesofprimus]

LMFAO...

 

[me262]

LMFAO?
what the heck is that?

 

[toffigd]

And the most interesting is, that Russia and Japan are still in war! I remember, that when my history teacher told me years ago about this short and slashing campaign without signing a peacy treaty I was amazed!

 

[marconi]

Yes, they are.Fighting for the Kuril Islands I think.

P.S. I wrote it before I I've read an article.

 

[lesofprimus]

LMFAO.... Laughing My F*cking Ass Off...

 

[plan_D]

I already knew about it. The other Ruskie-Japanese encounter was pre-war at Khalin-Gol which many people believe set the stage for German defeat in Russia.

After the Japanese were soundly defeated at Khalkin-Gol it allowed the Soviet Union to free up Siberian reserves. These exact same reserves were those that pushed the Wehrmacht away from Moscow in the winter of 1941/42.