Soviet Union conquering Japan

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Note that I never said a D-Day style drop.

They use airborne assaults on ports and airfields to establish airheads, with heavier forces brought in through ports.
Well actually this is -more- difficult than the D-day assaults, both in terms of objective and in terms of expected support from naval/land forces.
 
Alright, first off apologies for the late response. I've seen some great points out there. Good criticism but also good oppertunities. Looking a little bit further I wonder now if it would have been more plausible if somehow a Sino-Soviet relation would be brought to the point where a coalition of arms against their common enemies could be made.

In other words, China declaring war on Germany, Italy etc whilst Russia would send troops and resources to their Chinese friends to the south. Of course the major problem is that the Chinese Civil war ended in 1946 and only after that it became the People's Republic, but nonetheless I suppose if certain promises were made the two would support each other.

By Athena, I'd even go as far as saying that having a succesful coalition between the two would possible prevent the Chinese Civil war and give an extremely different spin to the Cold War (I think it's inevitable for it to happen, seeing as the West, with the U.S.A. leading was already a force to be reckoned with) and the outcome.

Of course it could also be that I haven't been studying enough and that there was in fact already a coalition or at the very least several joint operations between the two. In that case, most of this post can be ignored as the base for it is already flawed.

But assuming now that I was not wrong, what pre-WW2 Asian nation actually had the naval abilities, given the right resources and reinforcements, to pose a threat to the Japanese, their navy in particular?

Once again, I am finding myself to be quite curious once again. Also, I know I haven't properly adressed most of the posts out there as I'm supposed to. If this bothers you, please mention it, so I'll make some effort to give a proper response.

With friendly regards,
Solitarius Valentinus.
 
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