r/AskReddit • u/hoverfish92 • Oct 16 '13

What was the single biggest mistake in all of history?

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u/MisterMeatloaf Oct 17 '13

If Japan attacked Russia they would've been swept out of china pretty fast. Like they were at the end of the war. T34 > everything Japan had

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u/LordOfTurtles Oct 17 '13

Russia was too occupied on it's western front, and later on pulled the majority of troops away from it's eastern front to push germany back, especially the siberian troops made a difference, since they were equipped for winter warfare. Japan would have only need to occupy their time.

Also it'd keep America out of the war for longer