A última batalha Japonesa da WWII !! essa acaba de entrar para os novos planos !!

After Pearl Harbor United States came face to face with the reality of the war and an enemy that almost everyone in the Government or in the military underestimated and ultimately paid a heavy price. On the other side, Russia though not fully prepared to take on the military might and readiness of Adolf Hitler, fought back very hard and eventually pushed back the Nazis and defeated them in and around Berlin.

These Russian success in Europe were perceived by the US as a threat since Russians were now expected to take part in the Pacific theater of the war if US failed to bring Japan to its knees.

Russian experts have been excavating and looking for the remnants of one of the Russia-Japan battles in the Second World War. So far Russian researches have unearthed the remains of at least 26 soviet and 9 Japanese troops from the Shumshu Island. In the battle fought between the Russian troops and Japanese Imperial Army 500 Russians and 250 members of Japanese Army perished, Russia ultimately claimed victory.

Last month marked the anniversary of the Russian invasion of Shumshu Island, a part of the Kuril chain of islands. Although it was not a massive battle and did not result in large number of causalities. This invasion came after Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945 with atomic bombs being dropped at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Japan had the ownership of the Kuril Islands as a result of an 1875 treaty with then Russian Empire. In return Japan abandoned its right over Sakhalin Island that went under Russian control. However Russia maintains that it has actually liberated the Kuril Islands from Japanese occupation, essentially denying the existence of any such treaty.

A senior Russian researcher said on Tuesday, that Russia’s campaign on Kuril Islands must be regarded as a wartime effort and as part of Russia’s vital role in the fight against fascism and Nazi axis in Europe and Pacific.

After defeating the Imperial Japanese Army on Shumshu Island, Soviet Armies slowly took over the whole chain of the Kuril Islands along with another four islands that lied outside the chain. The Japanese civilians living on the islands were forcibly evicted from their homes and sent to live inland Japan. A large number of Japanese soldiers were taken in as POW’s by Russian Army and were sent to Siberia. Russia maintains its legitimacy over the disputed islands citing that this was a direct consequence of the war and must stay under Russian control. This longstanding dispute over some of the islands in the Northwestern Pacific has prevented both countries to bury any animosities from the World War and sign a peace treaty like many other nations of the world did after the war.

fonte: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/the-last-russian-battlefield-of-wwii-remains-of-russian-and-japanese-soldiers-found-on-shumshu-island.html?src=fba&type=wca&page=who