Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 9 o Akuhata 1945, i whakaekehia e te Soviet Union te kawanatanga o Manchukuo o Japan. Koinei te pakanga whakamutunga o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, me te mea nui rawa atu o te Pakanga Soviet-Japanese o te tau 1945, i tiimata ai nga pakanga i waenga i te Union of Soviet Socialist Republics me te Emepaea o Japan i muri tata i te ono tau o te rangimarie. Ko nga hua a te Soviet i runga i te whenua ko Manchukuo, Mengjiang (Inner Mongolia) me Korea ki te raki. Ko te tomokanga o te Soviet ki te pakanga me te hinga o te ope ope o Kwantung he take nui i te whakatau a te kawanatanga o Hapani ki te
te tuku koreutu, i te mea i kitea e kore te Soviet Union e hiahia ana ki te mahi hei tuatoru ki te whakawhitiwhiti korero mo te mutunga o nga pakanga i runga i nga tikanga here.