Posted on Aug 8, 2016
Soviets declare war on Japan; invade Manchuria - Aug 08, 1945 - HISTORY.com
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Thanks for reminding us that the USSR declared war on Japan after the H-bombs were dropped on Japan. For the Soviets it was not a cake walk and they launched a massive operation which included airborne assaults, horse-cavalry units and lots of infantry to ensure the 7000,000 man Japanese Army was overwhelmed SP5 Mark Kuzinski
In this case many Japanese surrendered instead of suicide charges after the Japanese Emperor sued for surrender.
Here are four images. the top is a map of the operation in Russian but it gives a sense of the scale.
left to right - overview image; picture of Soviets raising the flag at Port Arthur which is comparable to the famous US Marines raising the Flag; and picture of Russian with captured Japanese.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) CW5 Charlie Poulton CSM Charles Hayden SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Forrest Stewart SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright
In this case many Japanese surrendered instead of suicide charges after the Japanese Emperor sued for surrender.
Here are four images. the top is a map of the operation in Russian but it gives a sense of the scale.
left to right - overview image; picture of Soviets raising the flag at Port Arthur which is comparable to the famous US Marines raising the Flag; and picture of Russian with captured Japanese.
COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. Capt Seid Waddell CW5 (Join to see) CW5 Charlie Poulton CSM Charles Hayden SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4" SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SGT Forrest Stewart SGT Robert Hawks SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright
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SSgt Robert Marx
The interesting point for me is that a Manchurian border war book ended WW2. The Soviets fought the Japanese Manchurian army in 1938 to a draw and then again in 1945 with a complete rout of the Japanese.
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