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The Soviet–Japanese War, known in Mongolia as the Liberation War of 1945, was a campaign of the Second World War that began with the Soviet invasion of Japanese-occupied territory following the Soviet declaration of war against Japan on 7 August 1945.
The Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, [1] also known as the Soviet-Japanese Border War, the First Soviet-Japanese War, the Russo-Mongolian-Japanese Border Wars or the Soviet-Mongolian-Japanese Border Wars, were a series of minor and major conflicts fought between the Soviet Union (led by Joseph Stalin ), Mongolia (led by Khorloogiin ...
Russo-Japanese War, military conflict (1904–05) in which Japan became the first Asian power in modern times to defeat a European power (Russia). The defeat sparked the Revolution of 1905 in Russia and signaled the emergence of Japan as the preeminent military power in East Asia.
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During the invasion of Manchuria, Soviet soldiers killed and raped Japanese civilians. The most famous example was the Gegenmiao massacre, Soviet soldiers from an armoured unit massacred over one thousand Japanese women and children. Property of the Japanese were also looted by the Soviet troops.
Aug 6, 2010 · On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union officially declares war on Japan, pouring more than 1 million Soviet soldiers into Japanese-occupied Manchuria, northeastern China, to take on the...
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Sep 29, 2015 · by Michael Peck. This is a story of a battle that was, and a war that wasn't. Between 1938 and 1939, the Soviet Union and the Japanese Empire fought a series of clashes along the border...
Russo-Japanese War, (1904–05) Conflict between Russia and Japan over territorial expansion in East Asia. After Russia leased the strategically important Port Arthur (now Lüshun, China) and expanded into Manchuria (northeastern China), it faced the increasing power of Japan.
