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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.

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