Japan. Evidence: Firstly,Russia was busy dealing in World War 1 when Lenin have not take place as the leader of Russia. Secondly, by then Japan had already colonizing parts of China and whole Korea. This showed the Japanese were imperialist at that point of time and they would use the aggressive foreign policy towards the International Community.. By the way, the above I mentioned are meant for Japan had won against Russia in the war,1905. If the one who post this question meant World War 2 events, then it was Russia attacked against Japan first. This was because Stalin (1928-1953 as leader of USSR) had dealt Hitler (War in Europe during world War 2) in 1944 that ended with Hitler's defeat after his betrayal of Nazi-Soviet pact. From then on, Russia is part of the Allies and Stalin did promised in Tehran Conference (In Iran) that he will launch an attack against Japan once he ended the war in Europe. So by August 15, he ordered troops to marched in Manchuria, where it is part of the Japanese empire since before World War 2. This made the Japanese to surrender immediately on that day. Well- the Japs did fear of continuous atomic (Nuclear) attack that would might as well as wipe out the whole Japan which is another reason for their surrender.
true, they did
Manchuria.
thailand
Because japan attacked the U.S. first
red army of Japan.
Germany Italy- then turkey after Italy left war Japan Britain russia France then usa after japan attacked
The 1904-05 war between Japan and Russia is generally termed the Russo-Japanese War. To the surprise of many European nations, Russia was unprepared for this war and lost to Japan. Japan never declared war on Russia, they just attacked various Russian territories in East Asia.
The Soviet Union had an alliance with Germany, until Germany attacked them in 1941. After Japan attacked the US, Germany declared war on the US because they were on the same side as Japan.
The first country the USA attacked during WW2 was the country that had attacked them, Japan. First action against Japan was the doolittle raid on April 18 1942 where a few American bombers bombed Tokyo.
The first major battle was pearl harbor when japan attacked
Japan attacked Manchuria in 1931.
Japan was planing to take the entire Eastern map including part of russia...but japan attacked the western sea boar to clear the way for the navy to attack England from the east and prevent them from sending troops across the sea.