<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Kamuva ngo-1941, iJapane yayicabanga ukwephula lesi sivumelwano lapho iJalimane LamaNazi lihlasela iSoviet Union ku-Operation Barbarossa, kodwa yenza isinqumo esibalulekile sokusigcina nokuqhubeka nokucindezela eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia esikhundleni salokho. Lokhu kuthiwa kwakungenxa yeMpi yaseKhalkhin Gol. Ukunqotshwa lapho kwabangela ukuba iJapane ingahlanganyeli namaJalimane ekulweni neSoviet Union, nakuba iJapane neJalimane zaziyingxenye yeTripartite Pact. Ngo - April 5, 1945, iSoviet Union yasula isivumelwano sokungathathi - hlangothi, iphawula ukuthi yayingeke isivuselele isivumelwano lapho siphela ngo - April 13, 1946. Ezinyangeni ezine kamuva, ngaphambi kokuphela kwesivumelwano sokungathathi hlangothi, naphakathi nokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu eathomu eHiroshima naseNagasaki, iSoviet Union yamemezela impi eJapane, okwamangaza amaJapane ngokuphelele. Ukuhlasela KwamaSoviet EManchuria  <response>: yethulwa ihora elilodwa ngemva kokumemezela impi. 