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Agreed.

By the way, thanks for the recommendation on the Liberation Trilogy. The first volume has proven to be particularly informative since my knowledge of Operation Torch has always been rather limited.

Cheers.

It's worth pointing out that the Japanese were looking to the Soviet to mediate with the Allies, hoping the Soviets would see it in their own interest to have Japan serve as a brake on US influence in the Pacific post-war - which obviously would require Japan to have a measure of strength and certainly not to be a US client state. Instead the USSR's entry into the Pac war shattered any such hopes and left Japan completely isolated politically speaking.