Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Soviets declare war Japan On Aug. 8, 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and invaded Manchuria. Earlier in the spring, ...
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How Japan avoided a two-front war against the USSR
Japan seriously considered attacking the Soviet Union during World War II, but internal divisions and battlefield reality changed that calculation. After brutal border clashes with Soviet ...
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How the Soviets blitzed Japan in WW2
In August 1945, the Soviet Union launched a massive and largely forgotten offensive into Japanese-occupied Manchuria. Known as Operation August Storm, the campaign saw over a million Soviet troops ...
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