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Perang Soviet–Jepang
Bagian dari Perang Dunia II
Pelaut Soviet dan Amerika di Alaska pada Hari Kemenangan atas Jepang
Tanggal 9 Agustus – 2 September 1945 (3 minggu dan 3 hari) Lokasi Manchuria / Manchukuo , Mongolia Dalam / Mengjiang , Sakhalin , Kepulauan Kuril , dan Korea Hasil Kemenangan telak Soviet menjadi salah satu penyebab menyerahnya Jepang
Pihak terlibat
Sekutu : Uni Soviet (Mongolia Luar)	Poros : Jepang Korea Jepang Manchukuo Mengjiang (Mongolia Dalam)
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Aleksandr Vasilevsky [ 1 ] [ 2 ]	Otozō Yamada ( POW )
Kekuatan
Uni Soviet: 1,577,225 pria, 26,137 artileri, 1,852 sup. artileri, 5,556 tank dan artileri yang bergerak otomatis 5,368 pesawat Mongolia: 16,000 pria	Jepang: 1,217,000 pria, 5,360 artileri, 1,155 tank, 1,800 pesawat, 1,215 kapal [ 1 ] Manchukuo: 200,000 pria [ 3 ] Mengjiang: 10,000 men
Korban
9,726 KIA/MIA, 24,425 WIA [ 4 ] [ 5 ]	83,737 KIA 640,276 tahanan perang

Perang Soviet-Jepang 1945 ( bahasa Rusia : Советско-японская война ) ( Jepang : ソビエト戦争 ), dimulai pada tanggal 9 Agustus 1945, ketika Soviet menyerbu negara boneka Jepang Manchukuo . Dalam perang ini, Soviet berhasil menduduki wilayah Manchukuo, Mengjiang (Mongolia Dalam), Korea bagian utara, Sakhalin bagian selatan, dan Kepulauan Kuril . Kekalahan Tentara Kwantung Jepang di Manchuria menjadi salah satu penyebab menyerahnya Jepang dan berakhirnya Perang Dunia II. ^{[ 6 ] [ 7 ]}

Semua dalam bahasa Inggris:

• Butow, Robert Joseph Charles. (1956). Japan's decision to surrender . ( Extracts on-line )
• Despres, J, Dzirkals, L, et al. (1976). Timely Lessons of History: The Manchurian Model for Soviet Strategy . Santa Monica, RAND: 103. ( available on-line )
• Duara, P. (2006). The New Imperialism and the Post-Colonial Developmental State: Manchukuo in comparative perspective . Japan Focus.
• (2001). Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire , Penguin, 2001 ISBN 0-14-100146-1 . ( Extracts on-line )
• Garthoff, R L. (1966). Soviet Military Policy: A Historical Analysis . London, Faber and Faber.
• Garthoff, R L. (1969). The Soviet Manchurian Campaign, August 1945 . Military Affairs XXXIII(Oct 1969): 312-336.
• , LTC David M. (1983a). August Storm: The Soviet 1945 Strategic Offensive in Manchuria Diarsipkan 2007-03-11 di Wayback Machine ., Leavenworth Paper No.7, , Fort Leavenworth, KA, February 1983.
• Glantz, LTC David M. (1983b). August Storm: Soviet Tactical and Operational Combat in Manchuria, 1945 Diarsipkan 2007-01-29 di Wayback Machine ., Leavenworth Paper No.8, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KA, June 1983.
• Glantz, David M. (1995) The Soviet Invasion of Japan . Quarterly Journal of Military History, vol. 7, no. 3, Spring 1995.
• Glantz, David M. (2003). The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945 (Cass Series on Soviet (Russian) Military Experience, 7) . Routledge. ISBN 0-7146-5279-2 .
• Gordin, Michael D. (2005). Five Days in August: How World War II Became a Nuclear War . ( Extracts on-line )
• Hallman, A L. (1995). Battlefield Operational Functions and the Soviet Campaign against Japan in 1945 . Quantico, Virginia, United States Marine Corps Command and Staff College. ( available on-line )
• Hasegawa, T. (Ed.) (2007). The End of the Pacific War . ( Extracts on-line )
• Ishiwatari, H, Mizumachi, K, et al. (1946) No.77 - Japanese Preparations for Operations in Manchuria (prior to 1943). Tokyo, Military History Section, Headquarters, Army Forces Far East, US Army.
• Phillips, S. (2004). The Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945: The Military Struggle - Research Guide and Bibliography. Towson University. available on-line
• USMCU CSC (1986). The Soviet Army Offensive: Manchuria, 1945. (US Marine Corps University, Command and Staff College - available on-line )

• Japanese Air Order of Battle and Operations Against 'August Storm' , August 1945.
• WW2DB: Operation August Storm
• Observations over Soviet Air Arm in Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation:
  • Aerial actions over Kuriles
  • Soviet Order of Battle
  • Soviet naval aerial kills
• Soviet side information:
  • Comment over Soviet Pacific Fleet during Russian-German Conflict and Japanese forces actions in this period Diarsipkan 2015-09-24 di Wayback Machine .
  • Comment about Soviet Russian Pacific Fleet actions during Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation Diarsipkan 2014-08-10 di Wayback Machine .
  • General information over Soviet Invasion to Japanese land in Karafuto and Kuriles from August 1945 , with some photos, only in Russian language.
• Soviet battle maps:
  • Soviet viewpoint map of the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation
  • Soviet viewpoint map of Battle against Japanese fortifications in Shumushu and Paramushiro islands
  • Soviet viewpoint map of Battle against Koton Japanese fortifications in way to Shikuka city, in north Karafuto area
• Japanese POWs:
  • The Notes of Japanese soldier in USSR
• Operation August Storm photo gallery:
  • http://ww2db.com/photo.php?source=all&color=all&list=search&foreigntype=B&foreigntype_id=167