The Soviet-Japanese War of August 1945 was the final campaign of the Second World War, in which the Soviet Union ended its neutrality pact with Japan and attacked Japanese forces in Manchuria, northern Korea, southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. The Soviet entry had been promised to the Western Allies at the Yalta Conference, and it came three months after Germany's surrender, and between the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Soviets won rapid victories, and the Japanese government accepted surrender terms soon afterward. Fighting in the Kurils continued for some days after the emperor's announcement. The Soviet occupation of the southern Kuril Islands is still the subject of a dispute between Russia and Japan, which has prevented a formal peace treaty.
Before and after
- 30 July 1945Birth of Patrick Modiano
- 2 August 1945Potsdam Agreement
- 6 August 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 6 August 1945Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
- from 9 August 1945 to 2 September 1945Soviet–Japanese War
- 9 August 1945Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
- from 9 August 1945 to 20 August 1945Soviet invasion of Manchuria
- from 17 August 1945 to 27 December 1949Indonesian National Revolution
- 17 August 1945Publication of Animal Farm
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The era
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