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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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