The Battle of Shumshu, the Soviet invasion of Shumshu in the Kuril Islands, was the first stage of the Soviet Union's Invasion of the Kuril Islands in...
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Shumshu (Russian: Шумшу, romanized: Shumshu; Japanese: 占守島, romanized: Shumushu-tō; Ainu: スㇺス (reconstruction), lit. 'good island') is the easternmost...
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in question as part of the Kuril Islands dispute between Russia, Japan, and other parties. Battle of Shumshu Japanese evacuation of Karafuto and the Kuril...
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and is now Russian territory, part of Sakhalin Oblast. Battle of Shumshu Invasion of the Kuril Islands Evacuation of Karafuto and Kuriles Project Hula...
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Soviet–Japanese War (redirect from Soviet-Japanese War of 1945)
1945) Battle of Shumshu Though the battle extended beyond the traditional lands of the Manchu people, the coordinated and integrated invasions of Japan's...
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availability of Japanese air power including kamikaze planes to contest a Soviet landing. Soviet forces suffered heavy losses in the Battle of Shumshu during...
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Operation Downfall (redirect from Invasion of Japan)
quite fiercely although some of them proved unwilling to fight after Japan's surrender on 15 August. In the Battle of Shumshu (18–23 August 1945), the Soviet...
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Japan campaign (category Campaigns, operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)
to 1 September) Battle of Shumshu (18—23 August) World War II ended with the surrender of Japan after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki....
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Imperial Japanese Armed Forces (redirect from Armed forces of the Empire of Japan)
the Soviet Union against Japan (Soviet invasion of Manchuria / Battle of Sakhalin / Battle of Shumshu) Accepting the Potsdam Declaration Soviet troops...
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Fusaki Tsutsumi (category Imperial Japanese Army generals of World War II)
Division. He led the defense of the northern Kuril islands during the Kuril landing operation and the Battle of Shumshu. On August 23, 1945, he signed...
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