بالتحالف السوفييتي الألماني عام 1939 بصلفِه، اعتبر (هتلر) أن اليابانيين مُتدَنُّون عرقياً فلم يحاول أن يكشف لهم أسرار شركائه السوفييت
In his arrogance, Hitler, who considered the Japanese racially inferior, had made no attempt whatever to confide his Soviet plans to them or offer any new territory for their support in the far east.