Soviet-Japanese War in 1925...

Paul MacQ

Donor
Yes it is Possible; The Regimes had major conflicts of interests. And 1925 the Talks between Japan and the new Nation of Poland had already taken place..

Lenin had died in 1924 and Stalin was still in Power consolidation mode. The UUSR was in a mess after the revolution. 1925, A war in the east would weaken USSR even more but might also give a external enemy for Stalin to focus the Army and the population on.

I Idealistically Japan is the worse possible type of nation, It has a Emperor as head of state.

USSR for the most part though is needing time to recover. Most likely you will have to have Japan as the aggressor.
 
So who'd win in this war between Japan and the USSR in 1925? Let's say Japan did fire the first shot. Would it be close? In fact could it end in a 'draw'?
 
So who'd win in this war between Japan and the USSR in 1925? Let's say Japan did fire the first shot. Would it be close? In fact could it end in a 'draw'?

Depends what it's over or what either side would classify as "winning" but the Japanese have the advantage.
 
Depends what it's over or what either side would classify as "winning" but the Japanese have the advantage.

A prolonged conflict would have been impossible though. While at war Japan could temporarily avoid the inefficiencies of the monetary system, but in the end she needs to buy resources, mainly from the US. This requires a foreign exchange, and except for silk Japan had little the US wanted.

An early discovery of the Daqing oil fields would probably lead the Japanese to invade Manchuria earlier, and spend more energy on reducing Russian power in the area, while at the same time allow them to stay in war economy mode for longer. This might give you the conflict you seek.

In the end we could possibly have a semi-hot war between the USSR and Japan, with small skirmishes fought in Primorsk and Manchuria, with no real border to speak of.
 
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