Soviet+Operations+in+Manchuria+and+their+impact

**Soviet Operations in Manchuria and their impact:** > - Soviet invasion of 'Japanese puppet state "Manchukuo" --> Manchuria > --> Began exactly 3 mnths after German Surrender in May > --> consisted of three Army Fronts > 1. Transbaikal Front - Marshal R. Y.Malinovsky - aimed at western Manchukuo > 2. 1st Far East Front - Marshal K. A. Meretskov - aimed at eastern Manchukuo > 3. 2nd Far East Front - General M. A. Purkayev - aimed at northern Manchukuo > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_August_Storm#Soviets --> info from!
 * **Operation August Storm**, or the **Battle of Manchuria** began on August 9 1945
 * Yalta Conference --> the Soviet Union had agreed to Allied pleas to terminate its neutrality pact with Japan and enter WW2's Pacific Theatre within three months after the end of the war in Europe.
 * Far Eastern Command, (under Marshel of the Soviet Union Aleksander Vasilevsky)