Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi waAugust 8, 1945, mwedzi mitatu pashure pokunge Nazi Germany yakundwa, uye muvhiki rokurwisa kweAmerica mabhomba eAtomic paHiroshima neNagasaki, Soviet Union yakatanga
kupinda muManchuria, basa guru rehondo rinobatanidza varwi vane mamiriyoni 1,5 vachirwa nehondo yeKwantung ine varwi vane miriyoni imwe, kuvapo kwokupedzisira kweuto reJapan. Mauto eSoviet akakunda zvine mutsindo nepo maKwantung akatambura kurasikirwa kukuru, ne700 000 vakanga vazviisa pasi. Soviet Union yakaparadzira zvimwe zvombo zveKwantung Army yakatorwa kuCCP, iyo yakanga ichiri kurwisana neKMT muChinese Civil War.