The defeat of Japan. The final battle of World War II.
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The defeat of Japan. The final battle of World War II.
19.99 €
On September 2, 1945, World War II, the bloodiest and largest war in history, ended. The USSR's contribution to victory, often underestimated in the West, was decisive, including in the final phase of the conflict in the Pacific Theater. True to its allied commitments, the Soviet Union crushed the Kwantung Army, the main and most combat-ready unit of the Japanese armed forces, in just two weeks. The Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation is one of the most successful operations in the history of military conflict. It was the defeat of the million-strong strike force in Manchuria, not the inhumane atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, that forced Japan to unconditional surrender, ending World War II. The Soviet blitzkrieg became one of the key events in 20th-century Chinese history and had a profound impact on the modern structure of the Asia-Pacific region.
This new book by M.V. Kolomiets, a leading historian of the Great Patriotic War and a candidate of historical sciences, is a comprehensive study of the final battle of World War II. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the author describes in detail the entire course of the operation—from the strategic plans of the Soviet command and the Japanese army, the breakthrough of fortified areas, and the rapid advance deep into Manchuria, when the Red Army's armored and mechanized units rapidly exploited their success despite fierce enemy resistance, to the liberation of southern Sakhalin and the Kuril landing operation.
The publication is illustrated with numerous rare photographs.
This new book by M.V. Kolomiets, a leading historian of the Great Patriotic War and a candidate of historical sciences, is a comprehensive study of the final battle of World War II. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the author describes in detail the entire course of the operation—from the strategic plans of the Soviet command and the Japanese army, the breakthrough of fortified areas, and the rapid advance deep into Manchuria, when the Red Army's armored and mechanized units rapidly exploited their success despite fierce enemy resistance, to the liberation of southern Sakhalin and the Kuril landing operation.
The publication is illustrated with numerous rare photographs.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Major Battles of the Great Patriotic War. Illustrated Encyclopedia