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Soviet–Japanese War
1945 WWII Soviet invasion of Manchukuo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Soviet–Japanese War,[11] known in Mongolia as the Liberation War of 1945,[12] was a military conflict within the Second World War beginning soon after the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 7 August 1945, followed by the Soviet invasion of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo. The Soviets and Mongolians ended Japanese control of Manchukuo, Mengjiang (Inner Mongolia), northern Korea, Karafuto (South Sakhalin), and the Chishima Islands (Kuril Islands). The defeat of Japan's Kwantung Army helped bring about the Japanese surrender and the termination of World War II.[13][14] The Soviet entry into the war was a significant factor in the Japanese government's decision to surrender unconditionally, as it was made apparent that the Soviet Union was not willing to act as a third party in negotiating an end to hostilities on conditional terms.[5][15][16][17][18][page needed][19][20][21]
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Part of the Pacific Theater and the Second Sino-Japanese War of World War II | |||||||||
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