Did the Russian and Japanese forces ever engage each other directly in battle during World War II?

Hamlet.

Yes, at the very end the Soviets siezed some northern island from the Japanese... Mar 08 04, 5:22 PM

battleofendor

Didn't the Russians invade Manchuria or Mongolian just before the surrender? One History Channel special hypothesized that the combined pressure from the Russian and Americans was too much for the Japanese where as the atomic bombs only meant their cities would be blow up by one bomber instead of a fleet. At that point in the war, allied planes roamed Japan nearly unmolested. Mar 08 04, 5:26 PM

bloomsby

At the very end of WWII Soviet forces seized Manchuria and didn't return it to China till well into the 1950s (!) I've a hunch the USSR relied heavily on paras but I'm not sure that the Japanese were really able to engage in combat in any more ... Mar 08 04, 10:58 PM

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