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RZM

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3. As Ellison pointed out, the Soviets and Japanese signed a nonagression pact

Reply to melonkali (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 17, 2011, 12:29 AM

Dec 2011

Two months before the German invasion.

Also in 1939, there had been a couple fairly large engagements between the Soviets and Japanese forces. They aren't often talked about, but the Soviets actually defeated the Japanese handily.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Khalkhin_Gol

This is one reason why Stalin misjudged the German buildup in the east that culminated in the invasion of June 1941. There's accounts in the first couple days of him referring to it as a 'border clash.'

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