 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Soviet Union yakazivisa hondo kuJapanmusi wa8 August 1945, uye Red Army yakapinda muPyongyang musi wa24 August 1945. Stalin akanga arayira Lavrentiy Beria kuti arumbidze mutungamiri wechiKomonisiti kumatunhu akapambwa neSoviet uye Beria akasangana naKim kakawanda asati amurumbidza kuna Stalin. 