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A Japanese attack on the Soviet far east, would not have been successful, it would only have to tie up enough troops to prevent the Russians from getting back Stalingrad, and you are almost assured of the collapse of the Russian front. Ironically, Soviet relations with Japan played a decisive role in the fomenting of the Nazi-Soviet Pact. Before the pact, Japanese forces occupied Mongolian territory on the Soviet border and began planning further aggressive action. Members of the Kwantung Army reasoned that the Soviets would be altogether unwilling to become involved in a major battle, whilst pre-occupied by events in Europe. After crossing the border in July, the Japanese were engaged by the Soviets until September. Whilst the fighting in the East did not evolve into a major war, and the Japanese were ultimately repulsed (possibly having lost heart after the German rapprochement with the Soviets in late August), it remained pertinent to Stalin’s thinking towards Germany. By siding with the Nazis, Stalin was able to stiffen his eastern flank by avoiding war, for the time being, in the West.
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Japan was a naval power & didn't have much tanks. Japan needed oil & other raw materials from indonesia ( colony of dutch) /malaysia ( colony of britain) to finish their conquest of china.
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