| Perun Gromovnik | 15 Nov 2021 10:37 a.m. PST |
During World War II, Japan had planned to occupy the territories of the USSR in Siberia and the Far East as per the documents declassified on August 25 by the FSB of Russia within the framework of the No Statute of Limitations project. The Federal Security Service (FSB) is the successor to the Soviet Union's Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB). link Does any one have link |
79thPA  | 15 Nov 2021 11:10 a.m. PST |
Not particularly surprising. |
| nickinsomerset | 15 Nov 2021 1:02 p.m. PST |
Sounds interesting, potential for some scenarios, Tally Ho! |
| Schogun | 15 Nov 2021 3:02 p.m. PST |
I thought occupation plans changed when the Japanese lost at Nomanhan/Khalkhin Gol. |
| Cuprum2 | 15 Nov 2021 5:58 p.m. PST |
The plans were postponed after these events. But the Japanese considered the possibility of their resumption in the event of the Germans entering the Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan line during the offensive.
Japan finally abandoned plans to attack the USSR after Hitler's defeat near Moscow. |
| Perun Gromovnik | 15 Nov 2021 10:49 p.m. PST |
Is there any link to those published plans |
| Barin1 | 16 Nov 2021 2:11 a.m. PST |
link This is what I've found |
| Perun Gromovnik | 16 Nov 2021 2:28 a.m. PST |
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| emckinney | 16 Nov 2021 11:05 a.m. PST |
Have to admit that I don't feel comfortable clicking on a link to the FSB's web site. But, Barin's back! Yay! Hope you're doing well. |
| Barin1 | 16 Nov 2021 11:53 a.m. PST |
well, I wasn't going anywhere. I just post if I can add smth useful to the discussion ;) |
 Legion 4  | 16 Nov 2021 12:02 p.m. PST |
As far as I know … Japan in WWII wanted tp occupy a lot of places … So did Nazi Germany. A lot of that going around back then, IIRC ? 🤔 |
| Cuprum2 | 16 Nov 2021 7:44 p.m. PST |
emckinney, are you surprised that it is in the archives of the FSB that data on the obtained intelligence information is stored? :-) |
| emckinney | 16 Nov 2021 10:28 p.m. PST |
No, obviously I'm not surprised. :) I'd still prefer to buy a disposable Chromebook to access it through a public Wi-Fi connection. |
| nickinsomerset | 17 Nov 2021 4:35 a.m. PST |
Found this, looks like a goer, Tally Ho! |
| nickinsomerset | 17 Nov 2021 8:07 a.m. PST |
Found this, looks like a goer, link Tally Ho! |
| Legion 4 | 17 Nov 2021 11:24 a.m. PST |
Khalkin-Gol, a very interesting conflict. Wargamed it many times in the past. |
| alexpainter | 24 Nov 2021 7:38 a.m. PST |
Well, it's hardly surprising,the japanese had all the intentions to exploit western countries' weackness in WWII, look how they swiftly occupied french Indochina after 1940's debacle, also before Pearl Harbour their intentions about Dutch Indies were lampant. |
| 4th Cuirassier | 25 Nov 2021 3:01 a.m. PST |
What was in Siberia that was worth invading it for? |
| Barin1 | 25 Nov 2021 3:57 a.m. PST |
pretty much everything – oil (though not a lot at known locations at that time), iron, copper, coal, gold, rare metals…Transsiberian RR, Vladivostok port- lots of stuff Japanese could be interested. |
