WI: Doolittle raid kills Horihito.

If Americans killed the Emperor, and then the vengeance upon American servicemen caused a shift of the US war effort to the Pacific Theater, what would the Soviets do? Might they want to start improving relations with Japan? The main Western "ally" just left them out at the mercy of a still powerful Reich.

What’s the benefit to allying with a country in serious danger of getting bombed into the Stone Age? They won’t exactly have much to offer.
 
What’s the benefit to allying with a country in serious danger of getting bombed into the Stone Age? They won’t exactly have much to offer.
One thing comes to mind- naval development and technology. Stalin might want a good Red Navy, and Japanese do naval warfare quite well. Also, if Stalin becomes very spiteful/paranoid, he might want info on how the Allies conduct combat.
 
One thing comes to mind- naval development and technology. Stalin might want a good Red Navy, and Japanese do naval warfare quite well. Also, if Stalin becomes very spiteful/paranoid, he might want info on how the Allies conduct combat.

The only universe in which that's adequate compensation for needlessly jeopardizing Lend-Lease would be one in which the Nazis are already taken care of, and Stalin can afford to worry about his naval strength instead. And in that universe, the US leaving him to his own devices in Europe would be a good thing, not a bad thing.
 
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