This is why we saw a relatively autonomous Communist Yugoslavia and Democratic Greece. There was also the naughty document in which Britain and the Soviets divvied up Southeastern Europe. This is actually debated due to a German counterattack however, it is widely agreed that they dragged their feet when the western allies and poles asked for assistance. This was most prevalent during the Warsaw uprising where the Soviets refused to support despite being outside the city mainly because the resistance fighters were pro-British.
Pretty true except not all of those nations necessarily wanted to be under Soviet control. Source: Smithsonian/DK book on World War II: visual (for the speech).
In reality, the US, China, as well as European colonial nations were the main powers that lead to the defeat of the Japanese with the USSR joining after the conclusion had been decided. Also, due to the pressure placed upon them by the German onslaught, the Soviets really didn’t do much on the eastern front even signing a neutrality pact with Japan on April 13, 1941. They had plenty of civilians, planes, and equipment ready to defend the mainland until death. Japan was a very devout and stubborn nation and had no intentions of surrendering even after “mainland” territory such as Okinawa was taken. This broadcast was translated by the FCC and took play on August 14th, 6 days before the Manchurian Operation would be completed. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization”. They didn’t invade Manchuria until August 9th, 1945 by which point both atomic bombs had been dropped which is largely considered to be the main factor in the surrender by Japan as indicated by this quote from Hirohito’s surrender speech: “Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives.
Source: Smithsonian/DK book on World War II: visual history Soviet Casualties when compared with rest of allies: Just found this sub and I do enjoy fact checking these things when used to make a political statement.
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