Soviet–Japanese War (1945)

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Soviet–Japanese conflict military conflict theatre of World War II

The Soviet–Japanese War of 1945 was the brief but decisive final campaign of World War II in Asia, in which the Soviet Union invaded Japanese-held Manchuria and other territories, hastening Japan’s surrender.

Aliases (13)

Soviet–Japanese War ×12
Soviet invasion of Manchuria ×4
Soviet declaration of war on Japan ×2
Japanese surrender in World War II ×1
Manchurian campaign ×1
Manchurian theater of World War II ×1
Soviet Far East campaign against Japan in 1945 ×1
Soviet Far East campaigns of 1945 ×1
Soviet invasion of Manchuria (August 1945) ×1
Soviet occupation of Manchuria ×1
Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin ×1
Soviet–Japanese Border Wars ×1
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet–Japanese conflict → military conflict → theatre of World War II →
alsoKnownAs	Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → Soviet invasion of Manchuria →
belligerent	Empire of Japan → Manchukuo → Mengjiang → Mongolian People’s Republic → Soviet Union →
cause	Soviet denunciation of Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact → Yalta Conference agreements →
chronology	began shortly after atomic bombing of Hiroshima → took place shortly before formal Japanese Instrument of Surrender →
combatantCommander	Aleksandr Vasilevsky → Kirill Meretskov → Otozō Yamada → Rodion Malinovsky →
contributedTo	decision of Japanese leadership to surrender →
endDate	1945-09-02 →
followedBy	Soviet occupation of Manchuria → division of Korea along the 38th parallel →
hasPart	Harbin–Kirin Offensive Operation → Kuril Islands landing operations → Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → Sungari Offensive Operation →
historicalPeriod	late stages of World War II in Asia →
location	Inner Mongolia → Korea → Kuril Islands → Manchuria → Sakhalin →
opposedBy	Kwantung Army →
partOf	World War II →
precededBy	Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact →
result	Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → Soviet occupation of Manchuria → Soviet occupation of northern Korea → Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin → decisive Soviet and Mongolian victory → dissolution of Manchukuo → surrender of Japan →
significantEvent	Soviet invasion of Manchuria → Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin → Soviet landings in the Kuril Islands →
startDate	1945-08-09 →
treatyOrAgreement	Potsdam Declaration (context of Japanese surrender) → Yalta Agreement →

Referenced by (30)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Georgy Zhukov ("Soviet–Japanese Border Wars") → Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ("Soviet–Japanese border conflicts") → Ivan Konev ("Soviet–Japanese War") → Kirill Meretskov ("Soviet–Japanese War") → Otozō Yamada ("Soviet–Japanese War") → Rodion Malinovsky ("Soviet–Japanese War") → South Sakhalin Offensive Operation ("Soviet–Japanese War") → Soviet Navy ("Soviet–Japanese War") → Soviet occupation of Manchuria ("Soviet–Japanese War") →	conflict
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ("Soviet–Japanese War") → South Sakhalin Offensive Operation ("Soviet–Japanese War") → South Sakhalin Offensive Operation ("Soviet Far East campaigns of 1945") →	partOf
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ("Soviet invasion of Manchuria") → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ("Soviet invasion of Manchuria") →	alsoKnownAs
Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ("Soviet–Japanese War") → Soviet occupation of Manchuria ("Soviet–Japanese War") →	hasCause
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ("Soviet occupation of Manchuria") → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ("Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin") →	result
Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ("Soviet declaration of war on Japan") →	follows
Pacific War →	hasPart
atomic bombing of Nagasaki ("Soviet invasion of Manchuria") →	hasRelatedEvent
Kuzma Derevyanko ("Soviet–Japanese War") →	militaryConflict
Otozō Yamada ("Manchurian theater of World War II") →	militaryTheater
Otozō Yamada ("Soviet invasion of Manchuria (August 1945)") →	notableEvent
Aleksandr Vasilevsky ("Soviet Far East campaign against Japan in 1945") →	participatedIn
Downfall ("Soviet declaration of war on Japan") →	reasonForCancellation
Soviet Civil Administration in Korea ("Japanese surrender in World War II") →	reasonForEstablishment
Battle of Khalkhin Gol →	relatedTo
Imperial General Headquarters ("Soviet invasion of Manchuria") →	significantEvent
Battle of Mukden ("Manchurian campaign") →	theatre