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Russia may soon join the United States observing a second day marking the Axis defeat in World War II: Victory Over Japan Day. The decision could raise eyebrows in Washington as well as Japan because of the Soviet Union's controversial role during the war in the Pacific.
It was the same day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Hiroshima had already been bombed on August 6. Japan surrendered to the Allied forces less than a month later on September 2. In that time, the Red Army invaded the Japanese-controlled southern part of Sakhalin Island and took over four Kuril Islands -- called Northern Territories by Japan, which still claims sovereignty in a bitter dispute that's prevented Moscow and Tokyo from signing a formal treaty ending hostilities to this day.
Russia May Begin Marking Victory Over Japan
As far as I know, Soviet abandoned the nonaggression pact in August 1945, and invaded north of Japan as well as Machuko. So it is appropriate for them to set a Day of Invasion, not Victory Day.
Either way, unless Russia return north islands to Japan, Japan will not help Russia to deveolop Siberian economy, meaning the region will be gradually eaten away by the neighboring countries, excluding Japan.
It was the same day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. Hiroshima had already been bombed on August 6. Japan surrendered to the Allied forces less than a month later on September 2. In that time, the Red Army invaded the Japanese-controlled southern part of Sakhalin Island and took over four Kuril Islands -- called Northern Territories by Japan, which still claims sovereignty in a bitter dispute that's prevented Moscow and Tokyo from signing a formal treaty ending hostilities to this day.
Russia May Begin Marking Victory Over Japan
As far as I know, Soviet abandoned the nonaggression pact in August 1945, and invaded north of Japan as well as Machuko. So it is appropriate for them to set a Day of Invasion, not Victory Day.
Either way, unless Russia return north islands to Japan, Japan will not help Russia to deveolop Siberian economy, meaning the region will be gradually eaten away by the neighboring countries, excluding Japan.