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Soviets, Japan sign neutrality accord

April 13, 20111940s, World War IIadmin


"The World at War - Banzai!: Japan (1931–1942)," April 13, 1941 @ 8:31

(Sunday, April 13, 1941) — Japan and the Soviet Union today signed the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact.

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