Timeline is correct. But Mao and his commies had been fighting the japs since the 30s. The USSR's "original states" were under Moscow (Stalin) well before 1939. Too bad we can't prove a negative had the west not aided Russia or the Chinese would they have been able to defeat the krauts and the japs..
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
