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So according to the infallible Wikipedia, goddess of ultimate and immutable truth, Japan was in the stages of planning strategy for intervening in Siberia on behalf of the Tsarists--with over 70,000 troops--when U.S. strategists were horrified at such a large number of Japanese soldiers running roughshod over Siberia compelled them to scale back the size of their contingent. Japan did send 12,000 soldiers to Siberia in our world, under their own discrete command and not under the auspice of the allied coalition, but they produced little in terms of results.
My knowledge of the period is horribly incomplete (as I'm sure you've noticed by now), so I'd like to wonder what would have happened: what if Japan had simply ignored U.S. entreaties to downsize their force and decided to go ahead with landing a force of 70,000 men? Would they assist the Whites or would they simply go on a spree of subjugating eastern Russia? Is this even possible? What would the political ramifications of such an action be?
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