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The Soviet–Japanese War [e] was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August 1945. The Soviet Union and Mongolian People's Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in Manchuria and Mengjiang in Inner Mongolia , as well as ...
The Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, [1] also known as the Soviet-Japanese Border War, the First Soviet-Japanese War, the Russo-Mongolian-Japanese Border Wars or the Soviet-Mongolian-Japanese Border Wars, were a series of minor and major conflicts fought between the Soviet Union (led by Joseph Stalin), Mongolia (led by Khorloogiin Choibalsan) and Japan (led by Hirohito) in Northeast Asia ...
On 24 June 1941, two days after the war on the Eastern Front broke out, the Japanese army and navy leaders adopted a resolution "not intervening in German Soviet war for the time being". In August 1941, Japan and the Soviet Union reaffirmed their neutrality pact. [76]
The Soviet declaration of war was a major factor for the surrender of Japan on 15 August. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although all other Allies , including the United States, ceased all hostilities upon the surrender, Stalin ordered his troops to continue fighting to capture more Japanese territory [ 4 ] : 28 and to put the Soviets in a stronger bargaining ...
On 23 August, the 20,000-strong Japanese garrisons on the islands were ordered to surrender as part of the general surrender of Japan. However, some of the garrison forces ignored this order and continued to resist Soviet occupation. [7] From 22 to 28 August, troops of the Kamchatka Defense Area occupied the Kuril Islands from Urup north.
Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe preserved; 1945 Soviet–Japanese War (Part of World War II) Soviet Union Mongolia Japan Manchukuo. Victory Karafuto Prefecture annexed into the Soviet Union and incorporated into the Sakhalin Oblast of the Russian SFSR; The Kuril Islands annexed into the Soviet Union and incorporated into the Russian SFSR
This Soviet–Japanese War led to the fall of Japan's Manchurian occupation, Soviet occupation of South Sakhalin island, and a real, imminent threat of Soviet invasion of the home islands of Japan. This was a significant factor for some internal parties in the Japanese decision to surrender to the US [ 29 ] and gain some protection, rather than ...
Occupation of Taiwan by Japan; Battle of Ganghwa (1875) Japan: Korea: Victory. Severe damage inflicted on Korean defenses; Southwestern War (1877) Japan: Shizoku clans from Satsuma Domain: Imperial victory. Shizoku rebellions were suppressed. The conscription system was established in Japan. First Sino-Japanese War (1894–1895) Japan China ...