What the records say
- When
- 11 Aug 1945 – 25 Aug 1945
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 50.50° N, 143.00° E
- Description
- 1945 Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
1945 Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island
The Soviet Union invaded the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island, also known as Karafuto Prefecture. The invasion was part of the Soviet–Japanese War, a minor campaign in the Asian theatre during World War II.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “8月11日 ソ連軍が日ソ国境を越えて南樺太へ侵攻（樺太の戦い (1945年)）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page