Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet military operation
World War II battle
military offensive
alsoKnownAs August Storm
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
belligerent Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan

Manchukuo
Mongolian People’s Republic
linked to: Mongolia

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 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
Korea
linked to: Korean Peninsula

Kuril Islands
Manchuria
Northeast China
linked to: Manchuria

Sakhalin
linked to: Sakhalin Island
objective defeat of the Kwantung Army
liberation of Manchuria from Japanese control
seizure of key Manchurian industrial regions
opponent Kwantung Army
partOf Pacific War
Soviet–Japanese War
World War II
precededBy Yalta Conference agreements
linked to: Yalta Conference
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

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Soviet–Japanese War (1945) alsoKnownAs Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) hasPart Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) hasPart Sungari Offensive Operation
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Soviet–Japanese War (1945) hasPart Harbin–Kirin Offensive Operation
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Soviet–Japanese War (1945) significantEvent Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Operation Downfall relatedEvent Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Japanese Kwantung Army notableOperation Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
South Sakhalin Offensive Operation partOf Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
South Sakhalin Offensive Operation precededBy Soviet invasion of Manchuria
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Soviet occupation of Manchuria partOf Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Rodion Malinovsky participatedIn Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Kirill Meretskov participatedIn Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Kwantung Leased Territory eventEnd Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Soviet Armed Forces in World War II notableOperation Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Operation August Storm alsoKnownAs Soviet invasion of Manchuria
subject linked to: August Storm
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Operation August Storm alsoKnownAs Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
subject linked to: August Storm
Transbaikal Front operation Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
1st Far Eastern Front operation Harbin–Kirin offensive operation
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Manchukuo Imperial Air Force disbandedFollowing Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
2nd Far Eastern Front participatedIn Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
2nd Far Eastern Front participatedIn Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Soviet Far Eastern Front campaign 1945 Manchurian strategic offensive operation
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
Kantōgun conflict Soviet invasion of Manchuria
linked to: Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
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 Soviet invasion of Manchuria
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