It was to show the Soviets we were willing to genocide entire civilian populations. And of course the thing the USSR has was numbers. The Soviets were gearing up to invade Japan from the north anyway.
again I like the red army as much as the next guy but Stalingrad was to reinforce a "beach head", if Japan wanted to set a defensive line at Hokkaido or further south, the soviets had 0 capacity to hold on to a beachhead they invested in defending and no way of ahcieving naval superiority really
It was to show the Soviets we were willing to genocide entire civilian populations. And of course the thing the USSR has was numbers. The Soviets were gearing up to invade Japan from the north anyway.
look buddy i like stalin as much as the next guy but idk about that one
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-declare-war-on-japan-invade-manchuria
amphibious invasions are very tough not just a matter of having the boats
insert crossing the Volga River in rowboats to retake the city of Stalingrad
again I like the red army as much as the next guy but Stalingrad was to reinforce a "beach head", if Japan wanted to set a defensive line at Hokkaido or further south, the soviets had 0 capacity to hold on to a beachhead they invested in defending and no way of ahcieving naval superiority really
I’m just busting balls. I don’t know enough of the history of the red army as I should
im a disgusting hoi player ww2 guy
I’m back on a red orchestra 2 kick again funny enough