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[–] Shareni@programming.dev 0 points 4 months ago

Ok that's my bad, the allies were hanging Japanese, not the Soviets themselves.

The point still stands though about USA saving them from hanging...

Due to U.S. government intervention, the trials did not charge imperial Japanese leaders who may have been responsible for Unit 731.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East#Defendants