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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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II military campaign
military offensive
alsoKnownAs Sakhalin Offensive
South Sakhalin Operation
belligerent Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan

Soviet Union
cause Soviet declaration of war on Japan on 1945-08-08
combatant Japanese 5th Area Army
Soviet 2nd Far Eastern Front
commander Dmitry Krylov
Ivan Maslennikov
Maxim Purkayev
conflict Soviet–Japanese War
conflictType land and amphibious operation
countryInvolved Japan
Soviet Union
date August 1945
endDate 1945-08-25
followedBy Invasion of the Kuril Islands
historicalPeriod final stages of World War II
location Karafuto Prefecture
Sakhalin Island
South Sakhalin
linked to: Sakhalin Island
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 Far East campaigns of 1945
Soviet invasion of Manchuria
Soviet–Japanese War
World War II
precededBy Soviet invasion of Manchuria
region Northeast Asia
linked to: East Asia

Russian Far East
linked to: Russia 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 Far East theatre of World War II
linked to: Pacific War

Pacific theatre of World War II
linked to: Pacific War
timePeriod 20th century

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Soviet–Japanese War (1945) hasPart South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
Soviet–Japanese War (1945) significantEvent Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
linked to: South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
Soviet occupation of Kuril Islands follows Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
linked to: South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
South Sakhalin Offensive Operation alsoKnownAs South Sakhalin Operation
linked to: South Sakhalin Offensive Operation
South Sakhalin Offensive Operation alsoKnownAs Sakhalin Offensive
linked to: South Sakhalin Offensive Operation