How would the modern world and immediate post WWII world be affected if Japan's puppet state in Manchuria survived? And what about if it had been dominated wholly by the USSR at the end of WWII?
How would the modern world and immediate post WWII world be affected if Japan's puppet state in Manchuria survived? And what about if it had been dominated wholly by the USSR at the end of WWII?
How?How would the modern world and immediate post WWII world be affected if Japan's puppet state in Manchuria survived? And what about if it had been dominated wholly by the USSR at the end of WWII?
I think relations between Stalin and Mao were fairly good weren't they?
How?
Seriously, the only way I can see this happening is if Japan wins the Second Sino-Japanese War (or the war doesn't happen in the first place), but that would have utterly huge implications of anything...
IIRC the Sino-Soviet split was brought about because Khruschiev (sic) was moving away from strict Stalinist praxis. There was certainly friction between Mao and Stalin, mostly due to Stalin's overt support for the Nationalists before and during the Japanese invasion and occupation, but the real breach developed later.I thought that was just a misconception based on the fact that they were both Communist. I'd like some verification though now that it's been brought up.
Tensions between Nationalists and Communists DID erupt during the war- Chiang Kai-Shek had to be kidnapped just to agree to fight Japan to begin with, he always saw the Communists as the real enemy and Japan as a lesser threat... Look at the New Fourth Army Incident, for just one of several examples.What if tension between the nationalists and the communists erupted during the war? And Japan's chance of keeping Manchuria is pretty much nil, unless America doesn't nuke them which would have even bigger effects on the world. And even then they'd have the Soviets to deal with.
I would say that easiest way to keep Manchuria around is to have stronger KMT regime (able to kick Mao out of Manchuria) in 1945. Stalin would be interested in a buffer between him and American-aligned KMT.How would the modern world and immediate post WWII world be affected if Japan's puppet state in Manchuria survived? And what about if it had been dominated wholly by the USSR at the end of WWII?