>>64068292
Not an argument of what I said. Try again please.
>>64068311
Jap land already lost leverage by mid‑1945, but they still controlled Manchuria and Korea, holding onto resources and bargaining chips until the Soviets invaded. Japan’s Kwantung Army, despite its official strength on paper, was hollowed out stripped of their best units and left with poorly trained reservists and conscripts facing seasoned Red Army divisions. The Soviet invasion didn’t just cost them land, it stole their last card = a potential back channel for negotiating terms that might preserve the Emperor and the state. When Moscow rolled in, Japan’s leadership realized that not even Stalin could play soft with them and that spelled the death blow to any shreds of empire or dignity left.