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Agreed. But, your initial point was the Japanese were fighting the Chinese not us. This is not completely correct as you just indicated. Yes, the JIA was limited in their ground campaigns against us by the size of the islands and transportation limitations. But, the Japs knew they needed to spend their limited resources fighting the US who they also knew was much more powerful than China. This in no way is meant to diminish the contributions of the Chinese. They did fight bravely and prevented the Japs from moving more troops to battle the US.Yes the JIA was forced to keep a large segment of their army in China, but by August 1942 when the Stalingrad campaign began their leaderships focus was on fighting the US and the Chinese. Stalin knew this and it allowed him to move those divisions to his western front.However, had the Japanese not had to fight the US, it is possible they would have attacked the USSR. This could have prevented Stalin from stopping the German advance at Stalingrad with his eastern divisions.
Agreed.
But, your initial point was the Japanese were fighting the Chinese not us. This is not completely correct as you just indicated. Yes, the JIA was limited in their ground campaigns against us by the size of the islands and transportation limitations. But, the Japs knew they needed to spend their limited resources fighting the US who they also knew was much more powerful than China.
This in no way is meant to diminish the contributions of the Chinese. They did fight bravely and prevented the Japs from moving more troops to battle the US.
Yes the JIA was forced to keep a large segment of their army in China, but by August 1942 when the Stalingrad campaign began their leaderships focus was on fighting the US and the Chinese. Stalin knew this and it allowed him to move those divisions to his western front.
However, had the Japanese not had to fight the US, it is possible they would have attacked the USSR. This could have prevented Stalin from stopping the German advance at Stalingrad with his eastern divisions.
