1945

Residents of the city of Dairen greeting tankmen of the 7th Mechanized Corps of the 6th Guards Tank Army

Residents of Chinese city of Dairen greeting Soviet tanksmen

Japanese pillbox blown up by Soviet pioneers on the Cape Kokutan of Shumshu Island

Soviet offensive in Manchuria

Officers of the operative department of the headquarters of the 10th Air Army at work

Negotiations on the capitulation of the Japanese Kwantung Army

Negotiations of the Soviet command with representatives of the headquarters of the Kwantung Army on the terms of surrender

Infantry under cover of a self-propelled gun during the offensive. Manchuria

Pe-2 dive bombers of the 1st Far Eastern Front on a combat mission

Pilots of the 47th Fighter Regiment I. Klochkov and D. Teterin before flying on a combat mission

Border guards of outpost named after Valentina Kotelnikova looking at the captured Japanese flag

Loading of a torpedo on a Soviet "Shch" type submarine

Knocked out Japanese tanks on the slopes of Height 171 on Shumshu Island

Knocked out Japanese tanks on the slopes of Height 171 on Shumshu Island

Knocked out Type 97 "Chi-ha" tank of the 11th Japanese tank regiment on Shumshu Island