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Soviet–Japanese War (1945)
The
Soviet-Japanese War of 1945
(; , literally 'Soviet Union entry into War against Japan') within the
Second World War
began on August 9, 1945, with the
Soviet invasion
of the Japanese
puppet state
of
Manchukuo
. The
Soviets
and
Mongolians
terminated
Japanese
control of Manchukuo,
Mengjiang
(
Inner Mongolia
), northern
Korea
,
Karafuto
, and the
Chishima Islands
. The rapid defeat of Japan's
Kwantung Army
helped in the
Japanese surrender
and the termination of World War II.
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