August Storm

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Soviet military operation military offensive

August Storm was the codename for the Soviet Union’s massive 1945 offensive against Japanese forces in Manchuria during the final days of World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Manchukuo ⓘ
Mengjiang ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
surface form: Mongolian People’s Republic

Soviet Union ⓘ
commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov ⓘ
Maksim Purkayev NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otozō Yamada NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ
surface form: Soviet–Japanese War
country Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1945-09-02 ⓘ
followedBy Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
involved Soviet airborne operations ⓘ
Soviet amphibious landings ⓘ
Soviet mechanized forces ⓘ
location Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Inner Mongolia

Korea ⓘ
Kuril Islands ⓘ
Manchuria ⓘ
Sakhalin Island ⓘ
surface form: Sakhalin
militaryBranch Red Army ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
Soviet Pacific Fleet ⓘ
opponent Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ
surface form: Kwantung Army
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
precededBy Yalta Conference ⓘ
surface form: Yalta Conference agreements
result Soviet occupation of Manchuria ⓘ
Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ
surface form: Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands

accelerated Japanese decision to surrender ⓘ
collapse of the Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ
decisive Soviet victory ⓘ
scale massive offensive ⓘ
significance contributed to the end of World War II in Asia ⓘ
startDate 1945-08-09 ⓘ
strategicObjective defeat of Japanese forces in Manchuria ⓘ
fulfillment of Yalta Conference commitments ⓘ
theater Russia Far East ⓘ
surface form: Far East

Manchurian front ⓘ
timePeriod final days of World War II ⓘ

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Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → alsoKnownAs → August Storm ⓘ