Japanese Siberian Intervention in WW1

nbcman

Donor
yes i am aware of that, but what would be the result if it were to happen in WW1
It did, WW1 didn't end until June 28, 1919 or November 11, 1918 if you prefer the armistice date.

Are you asking if the Japanese for some reason decided to leave the Entente and void the Anglo-Japanese alliance to attack the Russian Empire? Why? The Japanese already were using the distraction of WW1 as cover to expand their influence in China - refer to their Twenty-One Demands of 1915. They had enough on their plate by trying to grab more concessions and influence in China.
 
In 1918 the known resources of Siberia were not what they are today, and the infrastructure was crap. Japan was getting all those nice islands from Germany OTL, if they stab the Russians in the back you can be assured that they won't get any of those and could end up losing influence in China. The point of the intervention in Siberia OTL was to try and prevent the Bolsheviks from winning, or at least not winning in Siberia so some remnant non-communist government would be in Siberia and on friendly terms with Japan. OTL Japan left Siberia due to a combination of the Bolsheviks having the winning hand and pressure from the US, UK etc to pull out. OTL the Japanese, somewhat surprisingly, did not grab Northern Sakhalin at this time which they could have done and the Bolsheviks had no way to stop them, so why lose everything they gained in the Pacific and China, key areas, to try and seize tundra and forest.
 
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