Neutrality pact
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The neutrality pact refers to a pact between the Soviet Union and Japan signed on April 13 1941, two years after the Soviet-Japanese Border War (1939).
Later in 1941, Japan would consider breaking the pact when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) at the start of the Great Patriotic War, but they made the crucial decision to keep it and to continue to press into south east Asia. This was said largely due to the Battle of Khalkhin Gol that caused Japan not to join forces with Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa, even though Japan and Nazi Germany were part of the Tripartite Pact. [[Citing sources citation needed]]
On April 5 1945 the Soviet Union informed the Japanese Government that the pact was redundent and that "in accordance with Article Three of the ... pact, which envisaged the right of denunciation one year before the lapse of the five year period of operation of the pact, the Soviet Government hereby makes know to the Government of Japan its wish to denounce the pact of April 13, 1941."
On August 8 1945 the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and launched Operation August Storm keeping their promise to the other Allies at the Yalta Conference to enter the war with Japan thee months after the end of World War II in Europe.
See also
References
- [Soviet-Japanese Neutrality and Denunciation] of the Avalon Project at Yale University
- * [Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact] April 13, 1941
- * [Declaration Regarding Mongolia] April 13, 1941
- * [Soviet Denunciation Of Pact With Japan] April 5, 1945
- * [Soviet War Declaration On Japan] August 8, 1945
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