>>USSR was not (and would never be in any meaningful way) at war with
>>the Empire of Japan...
>
>The ghosts of 12,000 Soviet and 21,000 Japanese soldiers might beg to
>differ with you, there.
>
>(And that's not even counting Khalkhin Gol.)

Oh! Right. The pre-WWII dustup in Manchuria.

Yes, you're absolutely correct; that would certainly count as meaningful.

I was more referring to the way that the Soviets basically got into it with Japan for about a month in 1945 for no other purpose than to make some territorial demands in the peace process and expand their sphere of influence generally; that's the bit I don't really count as having meaningfully been at war with them.

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