<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1944, nekurega basa kweMutungamiri weHurumende Hideki Tojo, Yamada akawira kubva mukufarirwa kwezvematongerwo enyika, uye akaendeswa muna Chikunguru kudzokera kuManchukuo semutungamiri wekupedzisira weHondo yeKwantung, uye panguva imwechete akabata zvinzvimbo zve Mumiriri weJapan kuManzukuo uye Gavhuna-General weKwantung Leased Territory. Akakurumidza kuudza Imperial General Headquarters kuti zvaizova zvisingabviri kuchengetedza muganhu neSoviet Union nemauto akagoverwa, sezvo Mauto eKwantung akanga apedzwa zvikuru nekudzokorora kwemauto ane ruzivo nevakawanda vezvigadzirwa zvavo kuPacific theatre yehondo. Pasina rubatsiro rwaiuya kubva kuJapan, Yamada akaedza kuronga huwandu hukuru hwevakadzidziswa zvakashata uye vanozvipira muzvikamu zvisere zvitsva zvevashandi uye mapurisa manomwe matsva, uye kuti vabve munzvimbo dzemuganhu kuti vadzivirire hurongwa hwehurongwa hwenyika. Zvisinei, apo Mauto eSoviet  <response>: Yakapinda muManchuria musi wa9 Nyamavhuvhu 1945, mazhinji emauto aYamada aive asina kudarika 15 akagadzirira kurwa uye akakurumidza kukundwa. 