Khingan–Mukden Operation
Khingan-Mukden Offensive Operation was a military operation of the Red Army and the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army against the Japanese troops during the Soviet-Japanese War. Conducted from 9 August to 2 September 1945 by troops of the Transbaikal Front with the aim of defeating the Kwantung Army in western Manchuria. It is a part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.
| Khingan-Mukden Operation | |||||||
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| Part of the Soviet-Japanese War of World War II | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Soviet Union |
Japan Manchukuo | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Rodion Malinovsky | Otozō Yamada | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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648,000 soldiers 9,668 guns and mortars 2,359 tanks and self-propelled guns 369 rocket launchers 1,324 aircraft | 230,000 soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 2,228 killed | 4,314 killed | ||||||
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