Why did the USSR not get a presence in Japan after WWII?

Stalin wanted an occupation zone in Japan. When Truman refused, Stalin bitterly complained that he was “being treated like a piece of furniture”. But, his arguments and words, came back to haunt him when he pressed that he wanted an occupation zon... read more

In effect, the Soviet Union did get a presence in Japan, in that they had a limited occupation of northern Korea and the islands I’ve mentioned. Japan was economically devastated, much more so than Germany. Feeding Germany was not easy, but a lot easier than feeding Japan. read more

The USSR definitely was “entered” in WWII after that date. So, this is the more probable Date of Entry for WWII, for the USSR (as recognised by history books). read more

Japan had a small domestic oil production, a few million barrels, but not nearly enough to meet their peacetime needs let alone war. What they did have is enough oil refineries with a capacity of almost a year's peacetime consumption. If they could get the oil to Japan, they could refine it into fuel. read more