Kammala wannan jumlar: A ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, 1945, Tarayyar Soviet ta mamaye jihar Manchukuo ta Japan. Ya kasance kamfen na ƙarshe na Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, kuma mafi girma daga Yaƙin Soviet-Japan na 1945, wanda ya sake dawo da tashin hankali tsakanin Union of Soviet Socialist Republics da Daular Japan bayan kusan shekaru shida na zaman lafiya. Nasarorin Soviet a nahiyar sune Manchukuo, Mengjiang (Inner Mongolia) da arewacin Koriya. Shigar da Soviet a cikin yakin da kuma cin nasarar Kwantung Army ya kasance muhimmiyar mahimmanci a cikin shawarar da gwamnatin Japan ta yanke.
mika wuya ba tare da wani sharadi ba, kamar yadda ya nuna cewa Tarayyar Soviet ba ta da niyyar yin aiki a matsayin ɓangare na uku a cikin tattaunawar kawo karshen tashin hankali a kan sharuddan da suka dace.