1945 Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island
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Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin
Part of the Soviet–Japanese War
Map of the Invasion of South Sakhalin
Date
11–25 August 1945 (2 weeks)
Location
Sakhalin Island
Result
Soviet victory
Territorial changes
Karafuto Prefecture is annexed by the Soviet Union and incorporated into Sakhalin Oblast.
Belligerents
Soviet Union
Japan
Commanders and leaders
Maksim Purkayev Leonty Cheremisov Anatoly Petrakovsky Ivan Baturov
The Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin, also known as the Battle of Sakhalin (Russian: Южно-Сахалинская операция, romanized: Yuzhno-Sakhalinskaya operatsiya; Japanese: 樺太の戦い, romanized: Karafuto no tatakai), was the Soviet invasion of the Japanese portion of Sakhalin Island known as Karafuto Prefecture. The invasion was part of the Soviet–Japanese War,[3] a minor campaign in the Asian Theatre during Second World War.
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