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Japan Against Russia, 1939
1985
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From May to September 1939 Japan and the Soviet Union fought a fierce, large-scale undeclared war on the Mongolian plains that ended with a decisive Soviet victory with two important Japan reoriented its strategic emphasis towards the south, leading to war with the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands; and Russia freed itself from the fear of fighting on two fronts, thus vitally affecting the course of the war with Germany.
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Alvin D. Coox
Author · 3 books
A graduate of New York University, Alvin David Coox received a master's in history and a doctorate in history and government from Harvard. He was professor of Asian Studies at San Diego State University, where he taught from 1964 until 1995.
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