While the United States prepared and used its atomic bombs, the Soviet Union secretly assembled a massive force against Japan ...
Key Points The Empire of Japan reached its largest territorial extent in 1942, controlling vast areas across East and ...
One of the most potent excuses for the Japanese invasion of Manchuria was the need of protection and stable government in a bandit-infested land. Last week, 20 months after the first Japanese ...
Ever since Chinese authorities seized the Soviet-operated Chinese Eastern Railway (TIME, July 22) and expelled Communist agents from Manchuria, Chinese and Russian soldiers have scowled at each other ...