Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A ranar 9 ga Agusta 1945 Soviet Union ta mamaye Manchukuo da Japan ke sarrafawa kuma ta ayyana yaƙi da Japan. Sojojin Soviet da suka ƙware a yaƙi da kuma shugabanninsu da suka ƙware da sauri suka ci yankunan da ke hannun Jafananci a Manchuria
, kudancin Sakhalin (11-25 Agusta 1945), tsibirin Kuril (18 Agusta zuwa 1 Satumba 1945) da kuma sassan Koriya (14 Agusta 1945 zuwa 24 Agusta 1945). Gwamnatin daular Japan, ta yi rawar jiki bayan fashewar bom na Hiroshima (6 ga Agusta 1945) da Nagasaki (9 ga Agusta 1945), amma ta fuskanci sojojin Soviet da ke hanzarta kusanci da asalin ƙasar Japan, ta sanar da ba da ikonta ga Allies a ranar 15 ga Agusta 1945 kuma a hukumance ta mika wuya a ranar 2 ga Satumba 1945.