A guard of honor outside the obelisk to Soviet soldiers in Mongolia on the site of the Khalkhin Gol battle: an armed conflict between the USSR and Japan in 1939.01.07.1979#770188
Soviet-Japanese war August 9 - September 3, 1945. Residents of Harbin welcome the Soviet troops of the 1st and 2nd Far Eastern Fronts.16.09.1945#5729068
The Soviet-Japanese War of August-September 1945. Photo: Representatives of the 8th Kwantung Army's high command negotiate surrender terms at a Soviet army's headquarters.02.09.1945#6045271
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. In this photo, Soviet officers are meeting with prisoners of war at the Mukden camp, liberated in August 1945 by units of the Red Army's 262nd Rifle Division, part of the 39th Soviet Army's 113 Rifle Corps. The camp's inmates included soldiers from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand.01.09.1945#8649825
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.01.09.1945#8649824
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. This photo shows talks between truce envoys of the surrendering formation of the Japanese Imperial Army and authorized representatives of the Soviet Union on the terms of surrender for the Kwantung Army.16.08.1945#8649826
The Soviet-Japanese War of August-September 1945. Photo: Soviet forces attack the Kwantung Army in Manchuria, China.09.08.1945#6051476
