"Michele" wrote in
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> "Insane Ranter" ha scritto nel messaggio
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>> What if say Japan isn't bogged down in China and instead figures out
>> armor tactics and invades the SU more succesfully?
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> The Japanese armored offensive bogs down in Siberian winters and
> mud-logged summers somewhere between Vladivostok and Baikal. They have
> gained some oil in Sakhalin and plenty of fishing seas. The oil is the
> same that they were buying at favorable terms from the Soviets in OTL,
> so it's not that much of an improvement.
> Logistics still prevents them from reaching any meaningful objective
> beyond the middle of nowhere in Siberia.
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>
> Uk at "peace" with
>> Germany and two sided attack germany on one side and japan on the
>> other?
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> The Soviets abandon Vladivostok and concentrate on defending the real
> heartland, against Germany.
> The British supply the Soviets.
> The Japanese, being now bogged down in Siberia, and still as thirsty
> of petrol as ever, still need to double-or-nothing somewhere else.
> Wherever they turn to, they are going to irk either the USA, or the
> British (or both).
>
> There is a reason if the go-South Navy's proposal won over the other.
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Besides armor tactics tank quality also matters. Japanese armor was lousy: unreliable, thin armor and
puny guns. They were totally outgunned and out armored by the T34 (which was available in some
quantities on the Soviet Far Eastern Front. I can't see how the japanese would go anywhere at all
against a Soviet army waiting for them.
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