Caption

Second World War, Soviet–Japanese War. Occupation of Port Arthur (Manchuria) by Soviet airborne troops on 22 August 1945. Soviet marines from the Navy assist with the occupation. China, photograph, August 1945. Soviet–Japanese War. The Soviet Union's official entry into the war against Japan took place on 8 August 1945 with the delivery of the declaration of war in Moscow, following which the large-scale Soviet invasion of Manchuria began on 9 August 1945

Date

Aug 21, 1945

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jewgeni Chaldej / Sammlung E.Volland & H.Krimmer

Reference

BRK26H81_257

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56.6Mb (18.9Mb) / 18.5in x 11.9in / 5562 x 3555 (300dpi)

Keywords

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