South Sakhalin Offensive Operation

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The South Sakhalin Offensive Operation was a 1945 Soviet military campaign against Japan aimed at seizing the southern part of Sakhalin Island during the final stages of World War II.

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instanceOf World War II military campaign
military offensive
alsoKnownAs South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
surface form: Sakhalin Offensive

South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
surface form: South Sakhalin Operation
belligerent Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Soviet Union
cause Soviet declaration of war on Japan on 1945-08-08
combatant Japanese 5th Area Army
2nd Far Eastern Front
surface form: Soviet 2nd Far Eastern Front
commander Dmitry Krylov
Ivan Maslennikov
Maxim Purkayev
conflict Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
surface form: Soviet–Japanese War
conflictType land and amphibious operation
countryInvolved Japan
Soviet Union
date August 1945
endDate 1945-08-25
followedBy Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands
surface form: Invasion of the Kuril Islands
historicalPeriod final stages of World War II
location Karafuto Prefecture
Sakhalin Island
Sakhalin Island
surface form: South Sakhalin
objective occupation of Karafuto Prefecture
seizure of southern Sakhalin Island
opponent Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Navy
opposedBy Japanese Karafuto garrison
outcome annexation of South Sakhalin by the Soviet Union
partOf Pacific War
Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
surface form: Soviet Far East campaigns of 1945

Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

World War II
precededBy Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
region East Asia
surface form: Northeast Asia

Russia Far East
surface form: Russian Far East
relatedAgreement Yalta Conference decisions on the Far East
result Soviet victory
startDate 1945-08-11
strategicSignificance facilitated subsequent Soviet invasion of the Kuril Islands
secured Soviet control over approaches to the Sea of Okhotsk
theatre Pacific War
surface form: Far East theatre of World War II

Pacific War
surface form: Pacific theatre of World War II
timePeriod 20th century

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Soviet–Japanese War (1945) hasPart South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) significantEvent South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands follows South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
South Sakhalin Offensive Operation alsoKnownAs South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
this entity surface form: South Sakhalin Operation
South Sakhalin Offensive Operation alsoKnownAs South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
this entity surface form: Sakhalin Offensive