<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - uStalin wayezoyala ukuhlaselwa kweManchukuo ngo-Agasti 9, 1945, ngokuya ngemibandela yeNgqungquthela yaseTehran futhi yaqala ngomunye wemikhankaso emikhulu  <response>: empini yezwe yesibili. Ibutho elikhulu iRed Army langena eManchuria, lahlula ukumelana kwamaJapane okwakuhlakazekile, futhi lakhulula iMengjiang e-Inner Mongolia, eningizimu yeSakhalin, nengxenye esenyakatho yenhlonhlo yaseKorea. Ukunqotshwa okusheshayo kweButho LaseKwantung eManchuria, kanye nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-athomu aseMelika eHiroshima naseNagasaki, kwaba negalelo elikhulu ekuzinikeleni kwamaJapane ngo - 15. 