<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngo-1944, ngokuhoxa kukaNdunankulu uHideki Tojo, uYamada wehla ohlwini lwezombusazwe, futhi wabelwa ngoJulayi emuva eManchukuo njengomkhuzi wokugcina we-Army Kwantung, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo wabamba izikhundla ze- inxusa laseJapan 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 ibutho laseSoviet  <response>: ngesikhathi iManchuria ihlaselwa ngomhlaka 9 Agasti 1945, iningi lamabutho kaYamada ayengekho ngaphezu kuka-15 alungele ukulwa futhi anqotshwa ngokushesha. 