The Soviet-Japanese War (August 9 - September 3, 1945) pitted the Soviet Union and the Mongolian People's Republic against the Japanese Empire and Manchukuo. On August 16, 1945, General Otozo Yamada, Commander of the Kwantung Army, ordered his subordinates to surrender. This photo shows the relocation of Japanese prisoners of war from the surrendered formation of the Japanese Imperial Army.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War
- Location: Manchzhuriya, China
- Event date: 01.09.1945
- Date published: 26.03.2024
- Author: Simon Raskin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: A204043, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5305x3543px, 11.7Mb