Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kamar yadda Stalin ya alkawarta, Tarayyar Soviet ta ayyana yaƙi da Japan a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1945, daidai watanni uku bayan mika wuya na Jamus, kuma ta fara kai hari kan sojojin Japan a Arewa maso gabashin Asiya washegari. Kodayake armistice ya dakatar da fadace-fadace tsakanin sauran Allies da Japan a ranar 15 ga Agusta 1945 (Augusta 14 a wancan gefen Layin Tarihin Duniya a Cold Bay) kuma Japan ta mika wuya a hukumance
zuwa ga Allies a cikin jirgin ruwa a Tokyo Bay a ranar 2 ga Satumba, 1945, ayyukan Soviet na ci gaba har zuwa 5 ga Satumba, 1945, lokacin da sojojin Soviet suka mamaye jihar Manchukuo ta Japan a Manchuria, arewacin Koriya, lardin Japan na Karafuto a kudancin tsibirin Sakhalin, da kuma Kuril Islands. Duk da kasancewar Tarayyar Soviet a yanzu ta shiga cikin yakin, Project Hula ya kasance asirce kuma yana ƙarƙashin tsauraran matakai.