The Soviet Union sinking of three Japanese ships near Hokkaido a week after World War II ended was a brutal final act made all the more significant because of one of history's greatest "what if" questions surrounding it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/hokkaido-invasion-soviet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #sovietunion #wwii#rumoi #us