<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-August 9, iSoviet Union yaqala ukuhlasela iManchuria yaseJapane  <response>: Manchukuo ngokuhlasela amabutho amathathu e-Army Kwantung. Ukuhlasela ukugxila okukhulu kwamasosha aseJapane empumalanga yeManchuria kusuka esifundeni esiphakathi kweVladivostok neKhabarovsk, i-1st Far Eastern Front yahlangana neTransbaikal Front kaMarshal Rodion Malinovsky entshonalanga ekubambeni ngempumelelo okwenziwe ngokufihla nokumangala ngenkathi i-Army General Maxim Purkayevs 2nd Far Eastern Front ijoyina ukusuka enyakatho. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, izingxenye ze-25th Army zalwa neJapane eKorea ngosizo lwe-Naval Infantry oluthunyelwe yiPacific Ocean Fleet. 