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WWII Was A Wild War, So Wild That the U S Secretly Gave Russia Warships to Invade Japan
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The Soviet Navy put its newly acquired vessels to use in the waters adjacent Japan and Russia.
Here s What You Need to Know: America thought it needed Russia s help to crush Imperial Japan.
On April 10, 1945 a Soviet freighter slipped up to a quay at a frozen military base on a remote tip of Alaska aptly named Cold Bay. Inside her were over 500 sailors of the Soviet Navy.
The Soviets had arrived to train on the first of 149 vessels the U.S. Navy was transferring to the Soviet Union. That fleet’s secret mission: to transport the Red Army for an invasion of Japan, even while Moscow and Tokyo remained officially at peace.
A little-known bit of history.
Here s What You Need to Remember: By early 1945, the U.S. military had ample evidence that an amphibious invasion of the Japanese home islands would prove exceptionally bloody and destructive.
On April 10, 1945 a Soviet freighter slipped up to a quay at a frozen military base on a remote tip of Alaska aptly named Cold Bay. Inside her were over 500 sailors of the Soviet Navy.
The Soviets had arrived to train on the first of 149 vessels the U.S. Navy was transferring to the Soviet Union. That fleet’s secret mission: to transport the Red Army for an invasion of Japan, even while Moscow and Tokyo remained officially at peace.
America Had Plans to Help Russia Invade Japan During World War II
The first five Soviet ships arrived from April 10 through 14 bearing more than 2,358 Soviet sailors and their commander, Rear Admiral Boris Popov, a former destroyer officer. They were trained over the subsequent weeks while the U.S. vessels filtered into Cold Bay.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The project anticipated the Soviet entry into the war against Japan, and trained Soviet sailors on the use of American ships. As it happened, Soviet assistance was not needed - and owing to the beginning of the Cold War, Moscow was remarkably slow in giving the ships back.
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