Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "The Armchair Historian"
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@SethAtSNK I get Germany and Japan allying, but why would the Soviets join the Axis and attack the US because of Pearl Harbor?
And yes, while Soviets were "enemies of my enemy", they were the worst enemy of them all (Germany, Japan, Italy, and Soviet Union). Let them fight each other, but as many on both the axis and allied sides said late in the war, after defeating Germany, we never should have stopped.
Russia killed more people in the end, had gulags, purges, conquered half of Europe as Nazi Germany intended to do, took and kept land in China that everyone got mad at Japan about, but was ok with Russia taking for some reason. Russia to this day is still doing things Nazi Germany once did.
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@nimdaqa "....We have ordered our government to communicate to the governments of the United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union that our empire accepts the provisions of their joint declaration.
To strive for the common prosperity and happiness of all nations as well as the security and well-being of our subjects is the solemn obligation which has been handed down by our imperial ancestors and which lies close to our heart.
Indeed, we declared war on America and Britain out of our sincere desire to ensure Japan's self-preservation and the stabilization of East Asia, it being far from our thought either to infringe upon the sovereignty of other nations or to embark upon territorial aggrandizement.
But now the war has lasted for nearly four years. Despite the best that has been done by everyone – the gallant fighting of the military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of our servants of the state, and the devoted service of our one hundred million people – the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan's advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest.
Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, not only would it result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilization."
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