Because back then Japan was an ally to Hitler's Germany, and an enemy of the allies. the Soviet Union was allied with the allies, and the US needed some help due to skimpy troops and supplies to the pacific islands. This was before the A-bomb was available and US wanted the Japs to have to fight on two fronts, as the coming invasion of Japan by the US was expected to meet with suicidal resistance and cost many thousands of American lives.
The German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 succeeded in part because they attacked with no warning. The Soviet Union didn't have time to react to the German army's invasion.
iraq was not part of the soviet union ; the political regime in iraq was first monarchy from 1932 to 1958 then an socialism regime from 1958 to us invasion of iraq 2003, iraq was a cold war ally of soviet union but he wasn't part of the soviet union
It attacked Poland from the east as part of the nazi-soviet pact.
The leader of Soviet Union thought that the invasion of japan to China may pose threat to the Southern part of Russia, which is neighbor to China. But some proofs shows that Russia had the idea to avoid invasion through creating the conflict between China and Japan.
It attacked Poland from the east as part of the nazi-soviet pact.
The Soviet Union was never part of the Axis. In 1939, they did form an agreement with Germany over the invasion of Poland but this was terminated in 1941 when Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
Yes, portions of Northern Japan became part of the Soviet Union (Russia).
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Sea of Japan.
Japan yes, Russia no. Russia was part of the Soviet Union, which was on the side of the Allies.
Belarus and Ukraine were part of the Soviet Union. Romania was not.
Yes. They didn't defect from the Soviet Union and become an independent country until 1991 (they had previously been considered part of the Soviet Union from the time of their invasion in 1940 to Ukrainian defection in 1991).