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2nd Far Eastern Front
Active5 August – 1 October 1945
Country2nd Far Eastern Front Soviet Union
BranchRed Army
TypeArmy group
SizeSeveral Armies
EngagementsSoviet invasion of Manchuria
Invasion of South Sakhalin
Invasion of the Kuril Islands
Proposed Soviet invasion of Hokkaido
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Maksim Purkayev

The 2nd Far Eastern Front (Russian: 2-й Дальневосточный фронт) was a Front—a formation equivalent to a Western Army Group—of the Soviet Army. It was formed just prior to the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and was active from August 5, 1945, until October 1, 1945.

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