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1945 in the Japanese colonial empire

  • Soviet invasion of ManchuriaAt 5 p.m. Moscow time on the 8th of August 1945, Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov informed Japanese ambassador Naotake Satō that the Soviet Union…
  • Soviet–Japanese WarAt the Tehran Conference in November 1943, Joseph Stalin agreed that the Soviet Union would enter the war against Japan once Germany was defeated.
  • Manila massacreOn the 10th of February 1945, citizens of Manila ran for safety from suburbs burned by Japanese soldiers. General Tomoyuki Yamashita had insisted on a…