Remember, Japan was deathly afraid of Russia after the Battle of Khalkhin Gal. Japan cancelled their planned invasion of Siberia.
We see that Japan had no fear of the U.S., as evidenced by their attack on Pearl Harbor. But they refused to declare war on Russia, after Germany. In fact, that results of that battle were the cause of Pearl Harbor, because the leaders who wanted to take Siberia fell out of favor, and the leaders who wanted to invade the U.S. became more influential. Even though Japan was obligated, by their alliance with Germany, to go to war with the USSR, they instead signed the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact. That shows you the only country Japan really feared.
How many Americans (and others) lost their lives because of FDR kowtowing to Churchill?
**Remember, Japan surrendered because of how the Russians sliced threw their armies in Manchuria, not because the U.S. had bombed them into rubble. Japan wanted to pick their occupiers, and history showed they made the right decision.
If FDR an Churchill required the USSR to go to war with Japan immediately, how much sooner would the war in the Pacific have ended?
The USSR was desperate. The U.K. was desperate. Yet the agreements made by FDR were as if the U.S. was the desperate country.
“Japan was obligated, by their alliance with Germany, to go to war with the USSR, they instead signed the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact.”
This is not the case. Japan was under no treaty obligation with Germany to declare war on the USSR.
September 1940, Tripartite Pact
ARTICLE 3. Japan, Germany, and Italy agree to cooperate in their efforts on aforesaid lines. They further undertake to assist one another with all political, economic and military means if one of the Contracting Powers is attacked by a Power at present not involved in the European War or in the Japanese-Chinese conflict.
Since it was Germany that attacked the Soviet Union, Art 3 of the Tripartite Pact does not require Japan to declare war on the Soviet Union.
The Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact was signed in April 1941. At that time there was no war between Germany and the USSR. The German’s war with the Soviet Union started in June 1941.
“...FDR should have been charged as a traitor for Churchill swindling him into not requiring the USSR to declare war on Japan immediately.”
That is just Nancy-nutty.