Talk:Soviet Political Interests in the 1945 Invasion of Manchuria/@comment-108.234.8.168-20150413181803

I believe the need for Stalin to enter the War against Japan was planted in FDR's feeble mind by Stalin's clandestine agents of influence. See "Stalin's Secret Agents," by Evans & Romerstein.

As an island nation, Japan's principal military force was its navy, & that had been destroyed 6 mos. into the War at Midway.

In the end, America had complete naval & air blockades over Japan. Nothing could get in & nothing could get out. The only thing that needed to change to get Japan to surrender was FDR's "unconditional surrender" policy. And after FDR's death, America did in fact drop that policy.

Stalin had coveted the Manchurian region for half a century & was drooling over the opportunity to get is back.

http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/126978

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

