Invasion of the Kuril Islands
The Invasion of the Kuril Islands (Russian: Курильская десантная операция, lit. 'Kuril Islands Landing Operation') was the World War II Soviet military operation to capture the Kuril Islands from Japan in 1945. The invasion, part of the Soviet–Japanese War, was decided on when plans to land on Hokkaido were abandoned. The successful military operations of the Red Army at Mutanchiang and during the invasion of South Sakhalin created the necessary prerequisites for invasion of the Kuril Islands.
| Invasion of the Kuril Islands | |||||||||
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| Part of the Soviet–Japanese War | |||||||||
Map of the invasion of the Kuril Islands | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | Japan | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Aleksandr Ksenofontov Aleksei Gnechko Dmitry Ponomarev | Fusaki Tsutsumi | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| 15,000 troops | 80,000 troops | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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at least 962 killed at least 1,026 wounded |
at least 1,018 killed or wounded 50,422 surrendered | ||||||||
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