<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Njengoba iJalimane yayisinqotshiwe, uStalin wagxila empini neJapane, wathumela amasosha ayisigamu sesigidi eMpumalanga Ekude. UStalin wayecindezelwa abangane bakhe ukuba angenele impi futhi wayefuna ukuqinisa isikhundla seSoviet Union e-Asia. Ngo-August 8, phakathi nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu e-athomu ase-U.S. eHiroshima naseNagasaki, ibutho laseSoviet lahlasela iManchuria eyayibuswa amaJapane  <response>: futhi yanqoba iButho laseKwantung. Lezi zenzakalo zaholela ekuzinikeleni kwamaJapane nasekupheleni kwempi. Amabutho aseSoviet aqhubeka nokwanda kwaze kwaba yilapho esehlala kuzo zonke izindawo ayezinikezwe, kodwa i-U.S. yasenqaba isifiso sikaStalin sokuba iButho EliBomvu lidlale indima ekuqashweni kweJapane ngaBangane. 