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.

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All labels observed (20)

Label	Occurrences
Soviet–Japanese War	26
Soviet invasion of Manchuria	15
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) canonical	5
Manchurian front	3
Soviet declaration of war on Japan	3
Far Eastern Front of World War II	2
Soviet–Japanese War of 1945	2
Japanese surrender in World War II	1
Japanese–Soviet War (1945)	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 declaration of war on Japan in 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
World War II operations in Manchuria	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet–Japanese conflict ⓘ military conflict ⓘ theatre of World War II ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Manchukuo ⓘ Mengjiang ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ surface form: Mongolian People’s Republic Soviet Union ⓘ
cause	Soviet denunciation of Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ Yalta Conference ⓘ surface form: 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	Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ surface form: Harbin–Kirin Offensive Operation Kuril Islands landing operations ⓘ Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ South Sakhalin Offensive Operation ⓘ Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ surface form: Sungari Offensive Operation
historicalPeriod	late stages of World War II in Asia ⓘ
location	Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ⓘ surface form: Inner Mongolia Korean Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Korea Kuril Islands ⓘ Manchuria ⓘ Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Sakhalin
opposedBy	Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ surface form: Kwantung Army
partOf	World War II ⓘ
precededBy	Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ
result	Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands ⓘ Soviet–Japanese War (1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet occupation of Manchuria Soviet Civil Administration in Korea ⓘ surface form: Soviet occupation of northern Korea Soviet–Japanese War (1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin decisive Soviet and Mongolian victory ⓘ dissolution of Manchukuo ⓘ surrender of Japan ⓘ
significantEvent	Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria South Sakhalin Offensive Operation ⓘ surface form: Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin Soviet landings in the Kuril Islands ⓘ
startDate	1945-08-09 ⓘ
treatyOrAgreement	Potsdam Declaration ⓘ surface form: Potsdam Declaration (context of Japanese surrender) Yalta Conference ⓘ surface form: Yalta Agreement

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

Pacific War → hasPart → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

atomic bombing of Nagasaki → hasRelatedEvent → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → alsoKnownAs → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → result → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet occupation of Manchuria

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) → result → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet occupation of southern Sakhalin

Aleksandr Vasilevsky → participatedIn → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Far East campaign against Japan in 1945

Georgy Zhukov → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese Border Wars

Soviet Civil Administration in Korea → reasonForEstablishment → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II

Kuzma Derevyanko → militaryConflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Ivan Konev → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Imperial General Headquarters → significantEvent → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Soviet Navy → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Downfall → reasonForCancellation → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet declaration of war on Japan

Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands → hasCause → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → alsoKnownAs → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → partOf → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation → follows → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet declaration of war on Japan

South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → partOf → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

South Sakhalin Offensive Operation → partOf → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Far East campaigns of 1945

Soviet occupation of Manchuria → hasCause → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Soviet occupation of Manchuria → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Otozō Yamada → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Otozō Yamada → notableEvent → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria (August 1945)

Otozō Yamada → militaryTheater → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manchurian theater of World War II

Battle of Mukden → theatre → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Manchurian campaign

Rodion Malinovsky → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Kirill Meretskov → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Battle of Khalkhin Gol → relatedTo → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

Alexander Novikov → participantIn → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Northern Territories dispute → relatedEvent → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War of 1945

Changchun → historicalEvent → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Soviet Armed Forces in World War II → engagedIn → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Mongolian People’s Army → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Mongolian People’s Army → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts → relatedTo → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

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

Soviet field armies → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Allied operations in the Pacific Theater of World War II → decisiveEvent → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Manchukuo Imperial Army → activeDuring → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Manchukuo Imperial Army → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

August Storm → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation August Storm

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Transbaikal Front → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

Transbaikal Front → theater → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Far Eastern Front of World War II

1st Far Eastern Front → conflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War

1st Far Eastern Front → theater → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Far Eastern Front of World War II

1st Far Eastern Front → operation → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet invasion of Manchuria

Japan–Soviet relations → significantConflict → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War of 1945

Japan–Soviet relations → significantEvent → Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet declaration of war on Japan in 1945