 Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Soviet Union neJapan zvakaramba zvisina kwazvakarerekera kune mumwe nemumwe kwechikamu chikuru chehondo maererano nechibvumirano muSoviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact. Mumavhiki okutanga kwehondo, Japan yakanga ichinyatsokurudzira Soviet Union kuti ikumbire vavakidzani vokumadokero netariro yokuwana migariro yakanaka yokuzviisa pasi. Soviet Union yakagumisa Chibvumirano Chokusatora Rutivi cheSoviet neJapannokupinda muManchukuo musi waAugust 8, 1945, mazuva mashomanene pamberi pokuguma kweJapan, uye kuguma kweHondo yeNyika II. 