[mojito]

I think this remains an accurate assessment of Japanese thinking at the end of the war.

What the new revisionism must claim is that a Soviet invasion of Manchuria would have caused Japan to surrender, even if there had been no nuclear attacks.

Personally, I think the Soviets would have been in for a heck of a fight.

[Cheburashka]

Personally, I think the Soviets would have been in for a heck of a fight.

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The Soviet invasion of Manchuria was a walkover. The Japanese had no armor, the Soviet armor was the best from its campaign against Germany.