Forgive me for asking what may have been asked before because the search function is not working yet again.
1. Could Stalin have decided to press Zhukov's victory in the Battle of Khalkin Gol and taken Manchuria and perhaps even Korea? He could set up communist republics in those areas and support Mao Tse-Tung's efforts in China. Obviously this would mean a lesser involvement in Poland on the part of Stalin; he might leave the invasion to the Germans altogether, and forgo the Russo-Finnish War. And with the USSR wrapped up in Asian affairs, Hitler just might decide to postpone Barbarossa until 1942. How possible is this scenario? And would the Pearl Harbor raid still go ahead as planned?
2. Suppose the Japanese do not lose the Battle of Khalkhin Gol. Would they invade the USSR after Hitler's declaration of war against the Soviets? Remember the fuel situation...
1. Could Stalin have decided to press Zhukov's victory in the Battle of Khalkin Gol and taken Manchuria and perhaps even Korea? He could set up communist republics in those areas and support Mao Tse-Tung's efforts in China. Obviously this would mean a lesser involvement in Poland on the part of Stalin; he might leave the invasion to the Germans altogether, and forgo the Russo-Finnish War. And with the USSR wrapped up in Asian affairs, Hitler just might decide to postpone Barbarossa until 1942. How possible is this scenario? And would the Pearl Harbor raid still go ahead as planned?
2. Suppose the Japanese do not lose the Battle of Khalkhin Gol. Would they invade the USSR after Hitler's declaration of war against the Soviets? Remember the fuel situation...
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