What the records say
- When
- 19 Aug 1945 – 22 Aug 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 48.50° N, 142.50° E
- Description
- 1945 military action
- War
- World War II
Placed at the point Wikidata gives for Karafuto Prefecture.
Soviet assault on Maoka
Military action
The Soviet assault on Maoka was carried out at the port of Maoka, Southern Sakhalin during August 19-22, 1945, by the forces of the Soviet Northern Pacific Flotilla of the Pacific Fleet during the South Sakhalin Offensive of the Soviet–Japanese War at the end of World War II. It was the second amphibious assault on South Sakhalin, after the Soviet assault on Toro on August 16.
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