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The Role of Intelligence in Thwarting the Japanese Attack
on the USSR (1941–1942)
Author(s)
A. G. Zorikhin
Abstract
The article is devoted to the role of intelligence in the refusal of the top leadership of Japan from plans to attack the USSR in 1941–1942. It is emphasized that Japanese intelligence information about the sufficiency of the Soviet defense potential in the Far East to repel aggression played
a significant role in this.
About the Authors
Zorikhin Alexander Gennadievich,
Candidate of Science (History),
Association of Japanologists,
12, Rozhdestvenskaya st., Moscow, 107031,
Russian Federation,
e-mail: tsunami77@rambler.ru
For citation
Zorikhin A.G. The Role of Intelligence in Thwarting the Japanese Attack on the USSR (1941-1942). The Bulletin of
Irkutsk State University. Series History, 2025, vol. 51, pp. 89-96. https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.51.89 (in Russian)
Keywords
intelligence, Japan, USSR, Kwantung Army.
UDC
327.2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2222-9124.2025.51.89
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