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Sep 29, 2026
Richard B. SpenceHOST
So early on, he was initially going to become a naval cadet.
Richard B. SpenceHOST
He was slated for the Imperial Russian Navy.
Richard B. SpenceHOST
But after, I think, only about a year or so there, he was involved in 26 disciplinary infractions.
Richard B. SpenceHOST
which involved apparently three or four stabbings of other students.
Steve AndersonHOST
And, uh, as a, uh, as the importer of interesting items and seller of even more interesting items, uh, I'm curious to talk about naval history.
Steve AndersonHOST
Perhaps you know, um, that, uh, uh, the, the Russian Imperial Navy is, uh, releasing, uh, lots of their older items, and I was curious, uh, perhaps to chalk, talk to you about it a little bit and, uh, your, your brilliance of your books.
Steve AndersonHOST
And he mentions, he'll mention the name of the book, which of course I don't have in front of me.
Steve AndersonHOST
But, uh-
Thomas777GUEST
But beyond the aesthetical attraction, the understanding was that Japan was a great power in its own right.
Thomas777GUEST
And they'd smashed the Imperial Russian Navy in 1905.
Thomas777GUEST
And, you know, Japan was just, you know, the ideal hedge to have against the Soviet Union in the East.
Thomas777GUEST
So when the Red Army launched this blitz assault of the Japanese Army in the Far East and utterly annihilated them, this terrified people.
ThomasGUEST
But beyond the aesthetical attraction, the understanding was that Japan was a great power in its own right.
ThomasGUEST
And they smashed the Imperial Russian Navy in 1905. and you know japan was just you know the ideal hedge to have against the soviet union in the east so when the red army launched this blitz assault of the japanese army in the far east and utterly annihilated them this terrified people and it also it really meant that you know the reich had no choice but to sue for temporary peace with the soviet union because then they had no hedge you know, and it was clear that any move westward, you know, and Hitler was confident that the war, a war with France wouldn't be a quagmire, but just the same, you know, he knew there weren't the forces in being to fight off a Soviet assault through Poland and as the Reich was fighting in France.
ThomasGUEST
So this was very much a conspiratorial masterstroke of Stalin.
ThomasGUEST
I mean, don't get me wrong, Stalin wanted to conquer the Far East anyway, but that timing was ideal.