Battle of Shumshu
The Battle of Shumshu, the Soviet invasion of Shumshu in the Kuril Islands, was the first stage of the Soviet Union's Invasion of the Kuril Islands in August–September 1945 during World War II. It took place from 18 to 23 August 1945, and was the only major battle of the Soviet campaign in the Kuril Islands and arguably the very last battle of World War II.
| Battle of Shumshu | |||||||||
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| Part of the Invasion of the Kuril Islands during World War II | |||||||||
Damaged Japanese tanks on Shumshu | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | Japan | ||||||||
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Alexey Gnechko Dmitry Ponomarev | Tsutsumi Fusaki | ||||||||
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Soviet Pacific Fleet
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8,821 troops 64 ships and craft |
8,480-8,500 troops 77 tanks | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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Soviet claim: 1,516-3,472 total, as 516-2,421 killed or died of wounds (excluding naval personnel) and 1,000-1,051 wounded or missing Five landing ships destroyed Japanese claim: 3,000 to 4,500 killed and wounded |
Japanese claim: 600 total, as 191 killed and c.409 wounded 20 tanks destroyed Soviet claim: 1,018 total, either as: 369 killed and 649 wounded or 473 killed/died of wounds and 545 wounded | ||||||||
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