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The Last Salvo 80 years ago, on September 2, 1945, the Act of Unconditional Surrender of Japan was signed. In the center of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, under the Bolshevik hill, the museum-memorial complex “Victory“ was opened in 2017. Its exhibition tells about the events that ended World War II. Having been defeated in battles at Lake Khasan and the Khalkhin-Gol River, Japan had been preparing a plan to invade the USSR since 1941. Near our borders, it held nearly a 1.5 million-strong Kwantung Army and staged provocations. It was obvious that the war would not end with Germany’s surrender. The battles in Europe had barely subsided when large-scale military transports began to Transbaikalia, Priamurye, and Primorye. For this, the Far Eastern railway network was reconstructed and a special branch to Soviet Harbor was built. Thanks to this, by the beginning of hostilities, 1.6 million battle-hardened units of the Red Army were concentrated on the border with Manchuria. Against the Japanese, it... Source: Lord Of War
