1945

Soviet officers inspecting the Japanese 150-mm fortress cannon on Shumshu Island

Soviet officers examining the destroyed Japanese fortifications

Soviet orderlies placing a wounded soldier on a horse-drawn cart. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers at the pillbox of Khamitogsky fortified region, blown up by pioneers of the 165th Rifle Regiment. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers at the seized Khandasa police post. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers on the embankment of the Songhua River in Harbin

Soviet soldiers resting at a campfire. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers watching the shelling of Japanese positions

Soviet soldiers examining a destroyed Japanese gun. Sakhalin

Soviet soldiers looking at the Eastern Basin in captured Port Arthur

Soviet soldiers at the bridge over the river in Manchuria

Soviet T-34-85 tanks in the city of Harbin

Soviet officer standing on a T-26 tank. Rally before the outbreak of the war with Japan

Soviet T-26 tank, knocked out during the assault on the Khandas police post. South Sakhalin

Soviet tank-borne infantry taking a settlement northeast of Pyongyang