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Assume if you will that Japan attacks Russia sometime in late 1941 to get the resources it need to continue its war in China. The consensus here is that Japan would fail to get anywhere in Siberia because of the dramatic superiority of the Red Army in the east. But...then what happens? The initial Japanese offensive fails, and it's going to be at least another 4 years before the U.S.S.R can commit its undivided attention to the east. Japan is going have a crisis after it realizes it's not going to get any oil. Is there a change in government? Do the Russians sweep through China? How does this effect the Cold War?
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