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On June 22, 1941, more than 3 million German and Axis troops launched a massive attack on the Soviet Union from the West. What if Japan had joined them with another massive attack from the East?

The IJA did poorly in all its engagements with the Red Army in OTL, but the bulk of the Soviet Army was fighting for its life in Europe. And in any event troops fighting the Japanese are troops who can't be sent to fight the Germans.

On the other hand, the IJN was vastly superior to the Red Navy. Could the Japanese have siezed North Sakhalin, Kamchatka, or the Siberian Coast?
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