<prompt> Ngo-1944, ngokuhoxa kukaNdunankulu uHideki Tojo, uYamada walahlekelwa umusa wezombusazwe, futhi wabelwa ngoJulayi emuva eManchukuo njengomkhuzi wokugcina we-Kwantung Army, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wabamba izikhundla zokuba yinxusa laseJapane eManchukuo kanye noMbusi-Jikelele we-Kwantung Leased Territory. Ngokushesha weluleka i-Imperial General Headquarters ukuthi bekungeke kwenzeke ukubamba umngcele neSoviet Union ngamabutho abelwe wona, njengoba i-Army yaseKwantung yayisusiwe kakhulu ngokudluliselwa kwamasosha anolwazi ngengxenye enkulu yemishini yabo enkundleni yempi yasePacific. Ngaphandle kosizo oluvela eJapane, uYamada wazama ukuhlela inani elikhulu lama-conscripts kanye namavolontiya aqeqeshwe kabi aba ngama-division ayisishiyagalombili entsha kanye nama-brigade ayisikhombisa amasha, futhi ahoxa ezindaweni zomngcele ukuvikela umongo wamasu wesizwe. Nokho, lapho amabutho aseSoviet ehlasela iManchuria  <response>: ngo-Agasti 9, 1945, amabutho amaningi kaYamada ayengekho ngaphezu kuka-15 alungele ukulwa futhi anqotshwa ngokushesha. 