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The Soviet–Japanese War [e] was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 8 August 1945. The Soviet Union and Mongolian People's Republic toppled the Japanese puppet states of Manchukuo in Manchuria and Mengjiang in Inner Mongolia , as well as ...
Japan: W [6] Iran declares war on Japan retroactive to the previous day (Feb. 28, 1945) Declaration: 1945-03-03 Finland: Germany: W: Finland declares war on Germany retroactive to Sept. 15, 1944 following terms of 1944 Moscow Armistice: Lapland War: 1945-03-07: Romania Japan: W [6] Declaration: 1945-03-27 Argentina: Germany Japan: W ...
At 11 p.m. Trans-Baikal time on 8 August 1945, Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov informed Japanese ambassador Naotake SatÅ that the Soviet Union had declared war on Japan, and that from 9 August the Soviet government would consider itself to be at war with Japan. [21]
In a press release 16 hours later, Truman warns Japan to surrender or "expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." [20] August 9: The USSR declares war on Japan, and invades several Japanese-held territories. The US drops another atomic bomb, Fat Man, on Nagasaki.
Stalin had agreed with the Western Allies to enter the war against Japan at the Tehran Conference in 1943 and at the Yalta Conference in February 1945 once Germany was defeated. The entry of the Soviet Union in the war against Japan along with the atomic bombings by the United States led to Japan's surrender, marking the end of World War II.
The Soviet declaration of war was a major factor for the surrender of Japan on 15 August. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Although all other Allies , including the United States, ceased all hostilities upon the surrender, Stalin ordered his troops to continue fighting to capture more Japanese territory [ 4 ] : 28 and to put the Soviets in a stronger bargaining ...
'Broadcast of the Emperor's Voice'), was a radio broadcast of surrender given by Hirohito, the emperor of Japan, on August 15, 1945. It announced to the Japanese people that the Japanese government had accepted the Potsdam Declaration, which demanded the unconditional surrender of the Japanese military at the end of World War II.
Relations between Russia and Japan since the end of World War II have been defined by the dispute over sovereignty of the Kuril Islands and concluding a peace treaty. In the spring of 1992 the Russian General Staff received reports that the Japanese began discussing the possible return of the northern territories.