Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation

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Soviet military operation World War II battle military offensive

The Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation was the massive August 1945 Soviet invasion of Japanese-occupied Manchuria that decisively contributed to Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Soviet invasion of Manchuria 14
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation canonical 9
1945 Manchurian strategic offensive operation 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation ⓘ
World War II battle ⓘ
military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs August Storm ⓘ
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ
surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

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

Soviet Union ⓘ
campaignType deep offensive operation ⓘ
commander Aleksandr Vasilevsky ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov ⓘ
Otozō Yamada ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky ⓘ
dateOfSovietDeclarationOfWarOnJapan 1945-08-08 ⓘ
endDate 1945-09-02 ⓘ
follows Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ
surface form: Soviet declaration of war on Japan
frontType multi-front offensive ⓘ
influenced Chinese Civil War balance of power ⓘ
involvedForce 1st Far Eastern Front ⓘ
2nd Far Eastern Front ⓘ
Mongolian People’s Army ⓘ
Soviet Pacific Fleet ⓘ
Transbaikal Front ⓘ
location Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ
surface form: Inner Mongolia

Korean Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Korea

Kuril Islands ⓘ
Manchuria ⓘ
Manchuria ⓘ
surface form: Northeast China

Sakhalin Island ⓘ
surface form: Sakhalin
objective defeat of the Kwantung Army ⓘ
liberation of Manchuria from Japanese control ⓘ
seizure of key Manchurian industrial regions ⓘ
opponent Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ
surface form: Kwantung Army
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ
surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

World War II ⓘ
precededBy Yalta Conference ⓘ
surface form: Yalta Conference agreements
relatedTo atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ⓘ
result Soviet occupation of Manchuria ⓘ
Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin ⓘ
Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands ⓘ
accelerated Japanese decision to surrender ⓘ
collapse of the Kwantung Army ⓘ
decisive Soviet victory ⓘ
startDate 1945-08-09 ⓘ
strategicSignificance eliminated Japan’s last major field army ⓘ
undermined Japanese plans to defend the home islands ⓘ
treatyConsequence Soviet occupation zones later transferred to Chinese Communist control in Manchuria ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → alsoKnownAs → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → hasPart → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → hasPart → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sungari Offensive Operation
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → hasPart → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harbin–Kirin Offensive Operation
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → significantEvent → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Operation Downfall → relatedEvent → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Japanese Kwantung Army → notableOperation → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → partOf → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → precededBy → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Soviet occupation of Manchuria → partOf → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Rodion Malinovsky → participatedIn → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov → participatedIn → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Kwantung Leased Territory → eventEnd → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → notableOperation → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
August Storm → alsoKnownAs → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation August Storm
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
August Storm → alsoKnownAs → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
subject surface form: Operation August Storm
Transbaikal Front → operation → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
1st Far Eastern Front → operation → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harbin–Kirin offensive operation
Manchukuo Imperial Air Force → disbandedFollowing → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
2nd Far Eastern Front → participatedIn → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
2nd Far Eastern Front → participatedIn → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
Soviet Far Eastern Front → campaign → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1945 Manchurian strategic offensive operation
Kantōgun → conflict → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Medal for the Victory over Japan → campaign → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
Maxim Purkayev → conflict → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
Commander of the 1st Far Eastern Front → conflict → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
Kwantung Government-General → dissolvedFollowing → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria