<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-August 8, 1945, ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu iJalimane lamaNazi linikezele, nangesonto lamabhomu e-Atomic aseMelika eHiroshima naseNagasaki, iSoviet Union yaqala ukuhlasela iManchuria  <response>: , umsebenzi omkhulu wezempi ohlanganisa amasosha ayizigidi ezingu-1,5 ngokumelene nebutho lezempi laseKwantung eliyisigidi, okwakungokugcina ukuba khona kwezempi zaseJapane. Amabutho aseSoviet anqoba ngendlela enqumayo kuyilapho amaKwantung elahlekelwa kakhulu, njengoba abangu-700 000 bazinikela. ISoviet Union yasakaza ezinye zezikhali ze-Army Kwantung ezithunjiwe kwi-CCP, eyayisalwa ne-KMT eMpini Yombango yaseChina. 