Why Russia and Japan Never Ended World War II: The Kurile Islands

56 islands, some tiny, rugged and inhospitable. But Japan and Russia have not signed a peace treaty to end World War II between them thanks to the Kurile Islands. You asked, we answered.

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[ElzariusUnity]

I like how they just gloss over all the times these islands changed hands between Russia and Japan over the centuries. Or the parts of the treaty made with Washington.