At the epicenter of the war. The course of the South Sakhalin operation Sakhalin offensive operation of 1945

Operation completed successfully Soviet army and the fleet to liberate South Sakhalin from Japanese troops during World War II.

Under the terms of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty of 1905, which ended the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, Russia ceded to Japan the southern part of Sakhalin (along the 50th parallel of north latitude) on the condition that both sides would not build any military fortifications on the island. The treaty also provided for the withdrawal of both Russian and Japanese troops from Manchuria (the northeast of modern China).

In 1925, when diplomatic relations were established with Japan Soviet government recognized the agreement with the proviso that it does not bear political responsibility for it, and conscientiously fulfilled it. Japan violated the treaty by occupying Manchuria in 1931 and building fortifications in South Sakhalin.

During World War II, at the Tehran Leadership Conference anti-Hitler coalition In 1943, the USSR agreed in principle to enter the war against Japan.

The Soviet-American-British agreement worked out in Yalta in February 1945 specified that the USSR would enter the war with Japan 2-3 months after the surrender of Germany, subject to "the restoration of Russia's rights violated by Japan's perfidious attack in 1904" - the return of the southern part Sakhalin.

True to its obligations, the USSR declared war on Japan on August 8, 1945. The next day the Manchurian offensive, the successful development of which created the prerequisites for strikes against Japanese troops in other sectors of the front.

Later prepared by the American command in the Pacific and agreed with the allies, "General Order No. 1" ordered the Japanese troops on Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands to surrender to the Soviet command.

On August 10, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet forces on Far East marshal Soviet Union Alexander Vasilevsky ordered the command of the 2nd Far Eastern Front (Colonel General Maxim Purkaev) to prepare and carry out an operation to liberate South Sakhalin by August 25.

Parts of the Red Army in the north of the island were united by the command of the 56th Rifle Corps of the Guards, Major General Anatoly Dyakonov. The main forces of the corps were a rifle division, a tank brigade and three artillery regiments. A separate rifle brigade of the 16th Army (Major General Leonty Cheremisov), a marine battalion and ships of the North Pacific Flotilla (Vice Admiral Vladimir Andreev) were also involved in the operation. These forces were based at the continental ports of Sovetskaya Gavan and Vanino. The operation was supported by a mixed air division (about 100 aircraft).

South Sakhalin was defended by the 88th Japanese Infantry Division (Lieutenant General Toichiro Mineki), field gendarmerie units and reservists (about 30 thousand people in total). The fortified area along the border 50th parallel north of the town of Coton (Pobedino) served as the backbone of the defense, blocking the only road from north to south of the island along the valley of the Poronai River.

The plan of the operation provided for the breakthrough of the border fortified area by the forces of the 56th Corps and the defeat of the Japanese grouping with the participation of landing forces from the sea, which had the task, among other things, to prevent the evacuation of enemy troops and material assets from the island.

Having launched an offensive on August 11, units of the 56th Corps captured the border fortifications by the end of August 18 and continued moving south in the direction of the administrative center of South Sakhalin, the city of Toyokhara (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk).

In parallel, in the period from August 16 to 25, marines and soldiers of the rifle brigade of the 16th Army, transferred from the continent, captured the ports of Toro (Shakhtersk) and Maoka (Kholmsk) and the naval base of Otomari (Korsakov). On August 25, the city of Toyohara was taken. More than 18 thousand Japanese soldiers and officers surrendered.

The 79th Rifle Division, the 113th Separate Rifle Brigade, the 255th Mixed Air Division and several other units, which distinguished themselves in battles, received the honorary title of "Sakhalin".

The defeat of Japanese troops on Sakhalin predetermined the success of the Kuril landing operation, during which by September 1, 1945, Soviet troops cleared all the Kuril Islands from the enemy, torn off by Japan in 1855-1875.

The material was prepared on the basis of information from open sources

After the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, Sakhalin Island was divided into two approximately equal parts.. The southern part was ceded to the Empire of Japan, and the border ran along the 50th parallel. As in other parts of the Soviet-Japanese border, tensions on the island persisted from the late 1930s until the end of World War II. To protect the Soviet part of the island from the sea and control the Tatar Strait, the last access to the Pacific Ocean available for the USSR from the Sea of Okhotsk, as part of Pacific Fleet The Northern Pacific Flotilla was formed, the main base of which was located in Sovetskaya Gavan. Throughout the Great Patriotic War When Japanese aggression was more than likely, the units of the North Pacific Flotilla were a serious and reliable deterrent.

As early as during the Tehran Conference of 1943, the Soviet Union agreed in principle to enter the war against militaristic Japan on the side of the United States and Great Britain. Later, during the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, the conditions under which this would happen were specified. Among the main demands was the return of the southern part of Sakhalin to our country. The Allies agreed with this demand, which was enshrined in Potsdam Declaration.

On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan. On the night of August 9, the Manchurian offensive operation began, the successful development of which created the prerequisites for strikes against Japanese troops in other sectors of the front.

At 10 p.m. on August 10, 1945, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet troops in the Far East, Marshal A.M. Vasilevsky, ordered the start of preparations for the operation to liberate the southern part of Sakhalin. Subsequently, the campaign was called the Yuzhno-Sakhalin offensive operation.

Sakhalin Island stretches from north to south for almost 1,000 kilometers, and its width ranges from 26 to 160 kilometers. The only transport artery connecting the northern and southern parts of the island was and remains the highway running along the Poronai River. Actually, the nature of the terrain determined both the Japanese defense system and the plan of the Soviet offensive.

The Japanese command, knowing full well the strategic importance of the Poronai direction for the defense of the island, blocked it with a powerful fortified area. defensive line was equipped north of the city of Coton (Pobedino) and had a length of 12 kilometers along the front and about 30 kilometers in depth. The Koton or Haramitoge fortified area was well prepared in terms of engineering and had: 17 reinforced concrete pillboxes, over 130 artillery and machine-gun bunkers, as well as a large number of well-equipped artillery and mortar positions.

In the event of an air raid or a massive artillery bombardment, the garrison could take refuge in 150 reinforced concrete shelters. South Sakhalin was defended by the 88th Infantry Division, whose total number of troops reached 30,000, including about 10,000 reservists. The main forces of the Japanese division were located on the border, only the garrison of the Koton fortified region itself consisted of about 5,400 Japanese soldiers and officers.

The western flank of the defensive line was securely covered by a mountain range, and the eastern flank by the wooded and swampy Poronay valley, impassable for vehicles. In addition to the Koton garrison, Japanese troops were located in ports on the southern part of Sakhalin. Developed network of railway and highways, as well as 13 airfields, allowed the Japanese command, if necessary, to quickly transfer troops both on the island itself and to replenish the group from other theaters of military operations.

By the end of August 1945, the forces of the 56th Rifle Corps under the command of General A.A. Dyakonov were located against the Japanese troops in the northern part of the island. The corps was part of the 16th Army (commanded by Lieutenant General L.G. Cheremisov) of the 2nd Far Eastern Front (commanded by Army General M.A. Purkaev).

The Northern Pacific Flotilla under the command of Vice Admiral V.A. Andreev operated at sea. The flotilla included: nine submarines, the Zarnitsa patrol ship, five minesweepers, 24 torpedo boats, and several detachments of patrol boats. The air group in the Sakhalin area was represented by the 255th mixed aviation division (about 100 aircraft).

The general plan of the South Sakhalin operation was to break through the Koton fortified area with the forces of the Dyakov corps and with the support of aviation. At the same time, the flotilla was to land amphibious assaults to all Japanese ports and prevent both the evacuation of the enemy's 88th infantry division from the island and the transfer of new Japanese forces to Sakhalin. Along with the main attack, it was decided to deliver two auxiliary attacks to the east and west of the Koton fortified region.

On August 11, 1945, at 9:35 a.m., Soviet aircraft bombed Esutor, Toro, and Coton. At 10 am, Dyakov's troops went on the offensive. The South Sakhalin operation began.

In the main direction, along the swampy valley of the Poronai River, units of the 79th Infantry Division under the command of Major General I.P. Baturov advanced. The swiftness of the strike made it possible, practically without opposition, to overcome the advanced positions of the Japanese troops and capture strongholds on the Lysay and Golay mountains.

The Japanese tried to organize resistance in the Khandas area, which covered the road to the main positions of the Koton fortified area. In the course of a roundabout maneuver and a night assault, the Khandas stronghold was taken.

To the right of the main forces of the corps, along the Tatar Bay in the direction of Ambetsu, border guards and a special company of submachine gunners advanced.

To the east of Baturov's troops, the 179th regiment operated under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Kudryavtsev. The unit was given the task of overcoming the swampy floodplain of the Poronay River and reaching the rear of the Coton garrison. The unit had to operate in extremely difficult conditions. Roads to this direction was not, the water in the lowlands reached the waist. Naturally, there could be no talk of any technique. Kudryavtsev's troops had neither tanks nor artillery, only mortars that they had to carry. The Japanese command did not expect the strike of the Soviet troops in this direction, as it considered it insurmountable for technology. The battalion of Captain L.V. Smirnykh, which was the vanguard of the 179th regiment, first destroyed the Japanese garrison in the city of Muika with a swift blow. Further, moving south, in a fierce battle, the battalion destroyed a large defensive point that covered the railway bridge. During a short but bloody battle, the Smirny fighters managed to eliminate 18 enemy bunkers. By the evening of August 12, the battalion's scouts reached the outskirts of the city of Coton.

By the evening of August 13, the mobile units of the corps (the 214th tank brigade) had crossed the foreground of the Japanese fortified area and reached its main zone. The tankers tried to break through the enemy defenses on the move, but having met heavy fire, they were forced to stop the assault.

14 August 165th rifle regiment continued to gain a foothold at the reached line, trying to break through the Japanese defenses with periodic attacks. On this day, the feat of Alexander Matrosov was repeated by senior sergeant Anton Efimovich Buyukly, who covered the embrasure of the Japanese bunker. For this feat, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

The 179th Rifle Regiment (without the 2nd Battalion), repelling two enemy counterattacks, captured the Coton railway station and the southern slopes of Mount Kharmitoria. At the station, 3 steam locomotives and 25 wagons with property were captured. A significant, if not decisive, role in the battles for Coton was played by the battalion of Captain Leonid Vladimirovich Smirnykh. His unit was the first to reach the city and immediately entered into battle with the Japanese.. The enemy, quickly stopping the panic that arose due to the attack of Soviet soldiers from an unexpected side, launched a psychic attack against them with an unfolded banner. By order of the captain, fire was opened when the enemy was about 50 meters away. All attackers were destroyed. On August 16, Captain Smirnykh was killed by a Japanese sniper. He was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. Two settlements on Sakhalin they bear his name: Leonidovo and Smirnykh.

Simultaneously with local battles, active preparations were underway for the assault. Divisional artillery and an artillery regiment of the High Command Reserve were brought up to the breakthrough area. Also, the forces of the corps were replenished by the 2nd Infantry Brigade.

On the night of August 16, the scouts of the 79th Infantry Division managed to obtain accurate information about the location of enemy firing points. The forces of the corps were already ready to start the assault on the Japanese defensive line.

On the morning of August 16, artillery and aviation preparations for the future assault began. Despite all efforts, the Japanese positions could not be seriously damaged by remote strikes. Mainly due to the fact that the fire of our batteries could not penetrate the armor of the Japanese fortified firing points and shelters.

In this way, the whole burden of breaking into the enemy defense fell on the 79th rifle division, which struck in the general direction at the Harami-Toge pass in order to cut the enemy grouping. The second echelon of our troops consisted of the 2nd rifle brigade, as well as the 178th and 678th separate tank battalions.

The tactical formation of our troops was as follows: infantry units advanced in the forefront, their main task was to destroy tank destroyers (suicide soldiers); the fighters of the assault battalions had to make passages in minefields and ensure the passage of tanks in wetlands; tanks and detachments of sappers followed the parts of the breakthrough. Under the cover of fire from tank guns, which hit mainly the enemy’s machine-gun emplacements, the demolition men approached the pillboxes and bombarded them with grenades. By the evening of August 16, a fierce battle for the Harami-toge pass ended with a breakthrough in the main strip of the Koton fortified region in a narrow section of the front.

The operation of the Soviet army and navy to liberate South Sakhalin from Japanese troops during World War II was successfully completed.

In 1925, when establishing diplomatic relations with Japan, the Soviet government recognized the treaty with the proviso that it was not politically responsible for it, and faithfully carried it out. Japan violated the treaty by occupying Manchuria in 1931 and building fortifications in South Sakhalin.

During World War II, at the Tehran Conference of the leaders of the countries of the anti-Hitler coalition in 1943, the USSR agreed in principle to enter the war against Japan.

True to its obligations, the USSR declared war on Japan on August 8, 1945. The next day, the Manchurian offensive operation began, the successful development of which created the prerequisites for attacks on Japanese troops and on other sectors of the front.

On August 10, the commander-in-chief of the Soviet forces in the Far East, Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Vasilevsky, ordered the command of the 2nd Far Eastern Front (Colonel-General Maxim Purkaev) to prepare and carry out an operation to liberate South Sakhalin by August 25.

The 79th Rifle Division, the 113th Separate Rifle Brigade, the 255th Mixed Air Division and several other units, which distinguished themselves in battles, received the honorary title of "Sakhalin".

The material was prepared on the basis of information from open sources

On August 8, 1945, at 5 p.m. Moscow time, Molotov received the Japanese ambassador and told him the following: from midnight on August 9, that is, an hour later, Tokyo time, the USSR and Japan were in a state of war. He signed the Neutrality Pact with Japan in 1941.

The plan of the USSR was as follows: to crush the Kwantung Army with converging blows from three fronts, to liberate South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands; in the event that Japan refuses unconditional surrender after the loss of Manchuria, Korea, South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, to transfer military operations together with the allies to the islands of the mother country, where to complete the defeat of the Japanese armed forces.

This is what the landing looked like from the sea to the shore in Uglegorsk and Shakhtersk

The allies bombed the Japanese at sea and off the Kuril Islands

Tanks attacked on land

Makarovites, do you recognize your bridge?

Among the heroes of that war was Anton Buyukly,.

On August 20, 1945, Soviet troops landed in the port of Maoka (now Kholmsk). When the soldiers entered the post office, they found nine corpses of young Japanese telephone operators lying on the floor of the hall. All the girls took potassium cyanide. A monument has been erected to this event in Japan, about which. A film was made about the self-sacrifice of girls in Japan.

They fought with cannons, this one stands on Victory Square

And infantry

In the Navy, everything was more serious

Assistance to the wounded in the Yuzhno-Sakhalin offensive operation

outlandish flags

Winners

The entrance of Soviet troops to Maoka (Kholmsk)

Vice Admiral Andreev and Admiral Yumashev in Maoka

Red banner over southern Sakhalin

In August 1945, before the official surrender, Mikoyan and Vasilevsky arrived on Sakhalin.

Mikoyan's communication with Japanese children

The losses of the Japanese captured and killed amounted to 647,000 people, the USSR army lost about 9,000 killed.

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Comments

Prokhor 08/10/2014 at 09:32
Descendants of those politicians is still in sight. Molotov's grandson, political scientist Nikonov (often on TV), Mikoyan's grandson - Stas Namin. The southern part of Sakhalin has remained the most technically advanced in comparison with the north. The Japanese impulse for the development of infrastructure in the south of Sakhalin is still being felt.
Izotov VG 08/10/2014 at 13:24
Well done. You remind the youth of the glorious milestones of the traditions of our Motherland.
Malvina Petrovna1960 08/11/2014 at 09:50
exactly, the bridge in Makarov. I saw a lot of photos of the small homeland of those times, but apparently I missed this one.
Alexander 11/02/2014 at 14:38
The occupation war of the USSR against Japan! The USSR violated several treaties at once! 1) the Portsmouth Peace Treaty, 2) the USSR-Japan non-attack pact, 3) the Petersburg Treaty of 1875. Who violated the non-attack pact in 1941? That's right, Nazi Germany! and now the USSR did the same !!! The USSR fought the invaders for 4 years from 1941-1945, and 3 months after the victory over them, it itself became an occupying country ... The Portsmouth and Petersburg treaties said that the South of Sakhalin and ALL the Kuril Islands rightfully belong to Japan !!! On August 9, the United States drops an atomic bomb on Nagasaki and the USSR begins military operations against Japan on the same day! Attacking Japan at a time when the United States destroyed a whole 2 cities with civilians is a shame for the military and for the country !!! The Japanese in the South of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands defended their homeland, which belonged to them by right!!! What is the name of the army that continues military operations against a country that capitulated? That's right PRICING ARMY!!! Japan capitulated on August 15. The USA stopped all military operations against Japan .. The USSR continued to conduct a military seizure (battles) until September 1 .. the parliamentarians from the Japanese side were simply shot ..
1. Tatyana 07/28/2016 at 16:18
  Alexander, you are wrong. Excuse me, I am always impressed by the patriotic feelings of every nation, but the historical truth is on the side that you mistakenly call criminal. As a historian, I see multiple errors in your judgments and I cannot but answer. Please do not take my answer to you as a hostile attack on your feelings and emotions, I just want you to know the facts.
  
  I'll start in order.
  1. Why does Japan claim the South Kuril Islands and why is the day of the so-called northern territories Is February 7 celebrated in Japan?
  
  - It was on February 7, 1855 that Russia and Japan concluded the first diplomatic agreement - the Shimoda Treaty, which determined the borders between our countries. Sakhalin remained in the joint possession of the two powers on an equal footing. The border between the Kuril Islands passed along the Friza Strait: all the islands north of Urup Island went to Russia, and the islands to the south (Iturup, Kunashir and the islands of the Lesser Kuril Ridge) went to Japan.
  Northern Territories Day has been celebrated in Japan since 1981. Campaign points appear in crowded places, and residents are invited to sign a demand for the return of the "northern territories". Minibuses with loudspeakers run around the cities, from which slogans demanding a return are heard.
  In Japan, they try not to remember that it was their country that annulled the Shimoda Treaty with its attack on Russia in 1904 (the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and the occupation of Northern Sakhalin from 1920 to 1925). By the way, Japan attacked the North of Sakhalin in 1920 in violation of the Portsmouth Treaty of 1905, simply taking advantage of the situation and ugly raked, otherwise you can’t say it, oil and cut down the forest, for this they rebuilt the roads and laid the railway tracks. So is it correct to refer to the contract, which they themselves refused?
  1. Tatyana 07/28/2016 at 16:20
    2. When Sakhalin officially became part of Russian Empire?
    
    - Here we must rely not on the fact of raising the Russian flag in 1853 by G.I. Nevelsky, but on an agreement signed between Russia and Japan in 1875 in St. Petersburg. Until that time, the island belonged to both countries on an equal footing.
    In an effort to secure Sakhalin for itself, since 1858 Russia began an active colonization of the island by free settlers and exiles. In 1869, Alexander II signs the Decree on the establishment of Sakhalin penal servitude. As a result, at the beginning of the 20th century, the population of Sakhalin exceeded 40 thousand people, by 1889 more than 130 Russian villages were built on the island. These measures proved to be effective. Under the new treaty, Japan renounced joint ownership of Sakhalin (that is, since 1875 it has officially been part of Russia), and in return, Russia ceded to Japan the Kuril Islands, which had belonged to it since 1855 under the Shimoda Treaty, lying to the north of Urup.
    According to international law, the 1875 treaty, like the 1855 treaty, was annulled with the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905.
    1. Tatyana 07/28/2016 at 16:21
      3. Why are there Japanese bridges, roads and other buildings not only in the south, but also in the north of Sakhalin?
      
      - On January 27, 1904, Japanese destroyers suddenly attacked the ships of the Russian squadron on the outer roadstead of Port Arthur. The successes of the Japanese in military operations on the Liaodun Peninsula contributed to their attack in 1905 on undefended Sakhalin.
      As a result of the Russo-Japanese War, on August 23, 1905, Russia and Japan signed a peace treaty in the American city of Portsmouth, which defined new borders between the countries. Russia, as the losing side, had to transfer to the winning country, at its insistence, the southern part of Sakhalin and the islands adjacent to it (Tyuleny and Moneron). As a result, Sakhalin was divided along the 50th parallel of northern latitude. Russia left the northern part of the island.
      Article 9 of the Portsmouth Peace Treaty proclaimed peace and friendship between our states. However, in 1920, using civil war and establishing Soviet power in the Far East, Japan captured the northern part of Sakhalin and occupied it for five years. It was during this period that roads and bridges built by the Japanese appeared there for movement, export of oil, timber and other purposes.
      1. Tatyana 07/28/2016 at 16:32
        4. When did the Russo-Japanese border acquire its present form?
        The next and last redistribution of the Russian-Japanese border took place in 1945. This was preceded by the following events. On June 22, 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union, and on December 7, 1941, Japan launched a war against the United States. In 1941, the Japanese General Staff planned an attack on the Soviet Far East under the code name "Kantokuen" ("Special Maneuvers of the Kwantung Army"), waiting for a favorable moment in the course of the USSR's war with Germany. The formations of the strategic group, concentrated in Manchuria near the Soviet borders, by the end of 1941, numbered over 700 thousand people.
        On February 11, 1945, at the Yalta Conference, the allied powers of the USSR, Great Britain and the United States agreed to start a war with militaristic Japan - an ally Nazi Germany three months after the Nazi surrender. The agreement between the allied powers was enshrined in the Agreement signed in February 1945 (February 4-11) at the Yalta Conference (Crimean). Two or three months after the surrender of Germany and the end of the war in Europe, the Soviet Union undertook to enter the war against Japan on the side of the Allies, on the condition: “the return of the southern part of about. Sakhalin and all adjacent islands" and "the transfer of the Kuril Islands to the Soviet Union". On August 8, 1945, the Soviet Union joined the Potsdam Declaration and declared war on Japan.
        On August 11, 1945, Soviet troops crossed the border on Sakhalin along the 50th parallel. The main military operations on Sakhalin took place near the former state border, where the Japanese built the Kotonsky (Kharamitogsky) fortified area for 6 years, 12 km along the front and 30 km in depth. Just like the island of Shumshu, it was a powerful fortification with pillboxes, bunkers, mortar and artillery positions, underground passages, shelters and food supplies for a year. The fact of the construction of fortified structures confirms another violation by the Japanese of their obligations under the Portsmouth Treaty of 1905: "Russia and Japan mutually agree not to build any fortifications or similar military installations in their possessions on the island of Sakhalin and on the adjacent islands" (Article IX). In fact, it turned out that Japan had been preparing for war for a long time and thoroughly - the south of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands were a territory well prepared for war. The number of Japanese troops here was 3 times higher than the number of Soviet troops.
        
        The South Sakhalin offensive operation ended on August 25, the Kuril landing operation began on August 18 and ended in early September. By this time, Emperor Hirohito announced on the radio on August 15 that he had accepted the terms of surrender, hostilities between the Anglo-American and Japanese armed forces were stopped. However, on the territory of Northeast China, Korea, South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, Japanese troops continued to resist the Soviet Armed Forces, since units of the Kwantung Army did not receive an order to cease hostilities.
      2. Tatyana 07/28/2016 at 16:35
        4. (continued)
        Second World War ended on September 2, 1945. On board the American battleship Missouri, which entered Tokyo Bay, Japan signed the Act of complete and unconditional surrender. General MacArthur was the first to sign the act on behalf of the Allied Powers and the United States, then the representatives of the Soviet Union, Great Britain, China, Australia, Canada, France, Holland and New Zealand put their signatures.
        By signing a complete and unconditional surrender, Japan agreed to complete submission to the victorious countries (i.e., the former state, which had lost sovereignty, power and authority, is being dismantled, the conditions of peace and the post-war structure are dictated to them by the victorious powers). The concept of unconditional surrender was revived by US President Roosevelt and put forward at the Casablanca conference in 1943, specifically to deprive Germany and Japan of any rights in the event of their defeat in World War II and to give their population and property entirely to the discretion of the winners.
        By signing the surrender, Japan agreed to the terms of the Potsdam Declaration on July 26, 1945, which limited it territorially. Paragraph 8 of the Potsdam Declaration on the terms of the surrender of militaristic Japan states: "The conditions of the Cairo Declaration must be fulfilled, Japanese sovereignty will be limited to the islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku and smaller islands that we indicate."
        And they were indicated the very next year - the US military administration in Japan sent the Japanese government Directive No. 677 (January 29, 1946) signed supreme commander Allied occupying forces by General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, instructing the Imperial Japanese Government to cease exercising or attempting to exercise state or administrative authority in any area outside of Japan. For the purposes of this Directive, the territory of Japan is defined as: the four main islands of Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku) and approximately 1,000 smaller islands, excluding the Kuril Islands, the Habomai group of islands, including the islands of Sushio, Yurii, Akiyuri, Shibotsu and Taraka, and also the island of Sikotan (now these are the islands of Tanfiliev, Yuri, Anuchin, Zeleny, Polonsky and Shikotan). Especially excluded from the state and administrative jurisdiction of the Japanese government Karafuto (south of Sakhalin).
2. Roland 08/16/2018 at 12:01
  We must learn the true story, and not according to Soros manuals
Alexander 11/02/2014 at 15:06
I’m almost sure that my post will be deleted .. Since many people probably won’t like it, but it’s true .. I myself grew up and was brought up on Sakhalin, the USSR is my homeland .. but I am Japanese by nationality .. And I want everyone to say the truth .. As V. Putin said, you need to know your history, no matter how pleasant or not it was .. I completely agree with him .. Many people ask .. Why are the Japanese "friends" with America, which dropped two atomic bombs on them ?? ? I will answer you .. Who is the bigger "ENEMY" the one who destroyed your house, but then helped rebuild it and make it even better ... or the one who took your house and part of your homeland from you .. while still continuing to claim that he captured right .. and even calls September 2 the day of the liberation of Sakhalin and the Kul Islands from the Japanese militarists .. Doesn’t it sound stupid, liberation from the one to whom they rightfully belonged .. this is called not liberation but occupation !!!
Alexander 11/02/2014 at 15:31
By the way, my personal opinion is that the United States framed the USSR, persuading Stalin to start a war against Japan .. The USSR did not need this war. The people were tired of the war .. But Stalin agreed to enter the war on the condition that Sakhalin and the Kuriles pass to the USSR .. thus The USSR became a greater enemy than the USA .. since the USA did not seize or appropriate anything from Japan .. So Japan fell under the influence of the USA .. and the USSR became an occupier .. on which the USA pointed fingers to the Japanese .. HERE IS YOUR ENEMY, HE IS THE OCCUPANT , HE TAKEN SAKHALIN AND THE KURILS FROM YOU!!! and we are your “friends”, we are white and fluffy ... if it weren’t for us, the USSR would have taken Hokkaido from you and maybe occupied all of Japan .. Thus, the United States in Asia received a great ally .. A country that would look at Russia with distrust .. at the same time, having placed its bases in Japan .. And now Russia rejoices in the occupied 4 islands .. while receiving US bases at hand and the Japanese people who consider Russia an occupier .. And rejoicing Americans, how they cleverly made everyone suckers .. Played off one country with the other, while they themselves remained on the sidelines with profit .. Japan under their control and bases near Russia .. And it wakes up for a long time because "Russia will not give up its own" "The Kuriles are ours" "Who does not jump is the Japanese"

) of the Pacific Fleet. Troops defended in South Sakhalin 88th p.p.. (comr. gen.-l. Mineki Juetiro), Japanese border units. Long-term defensive structures were built on the island. The center of defense was Kotonsky fortified area. With the outbreak of hostilities on 08/09/1945, in accordance with the operational directive of the 2nd Far Eastern Fleet and the operational plan developed, the task of the 16th Army was determined by the defense of about. Sakhalin, the coasts of the Tatar Strait and the Sea of Okhotsk in order to prevent the enemy from violating the land state border of about. Sakhalin and the landings of sea. enemy landing in the army defense zone. The Poronai Valley, Alexandrovskoye, Okhinsky, De-Kastrinsky and Ust-Amur directions were especially strongly subject to defense. In accordance with the changed situation, on August 10, 1945, the Armed Forces of the 2nd Far Eastern Fleet (Commander General of the Army M.A. Purkaev, member of the Armed Forces General-l. I'M WITH. Leonov, head headquarters of the front general.-l. F.I. Shevchenko) assigned the troops of the 16th Army the task: 56th S.K.: consisting of 79th s.d., 214th brigade, 178th brigade, 433rd and 487th a.p. RGC with the support of the 255th S.A.D. at 10-00 08/11/1945 go on the offensive along the road in the direction of Coton - Keaton - Kami - Sikuka - Nairo for 3 days, this regiment took up defensive positions prepared in advance. 08/10/1945 commander of the 79th rifle division I.P. Baturov gave to the commander of the 165th s.p. N.D. Kurmanov was ordered to be ready at 8-00 on 08/11/1945, together with the 2/284th a.p., 1/214th brigade. and 487th g.a.p. inflict the main blow in the direction of the road “Khanda-Coton police post”, with the simultaneous action of part of the forces on the flank and rear of the main enemy grouping, preventing its retreat to the south and the approaches of its reserves from the south. The offensive of the 79th rifle division began on 08/11/1945 at 7-45. Vanguard detachment of the 79th rifle division as part of the 2/165th s.p., 2/284th a.p. and 1/214th brig. crossed the state border in the direction of the Handa police post. The reconnaissance squadron of the 79th Rifle Division was moving ahead. under the command of St. Dr. D.G. Litvitsky. At the turn of the river The Khandasa-gawa squadron was stopped by machine-gun fire from the Japanese, who took up defensive positions in the Handa OP. After 2 hours, the 2/165th s.p. approached this OP and started a fight. The enemy from the south bank of the river. Cottonkai put up fierce resistance. Together with the main forces of the 79th SD. passed Mrs. border of the 179th s.p. (without 2/179th s.p.) under the teams. E.A. Kudryavtsev and 518th o.s.b. Sax. regiment with an order to make a throw across the swampy area along the river. Poronay and go south of the city of Coton, thereby cutting off the highway and the railway, preventing the enemy from planting reserves. On the same day, the 179th Regiment, without encountering significant resistance from the Japanese, captured the Muika OP.
08/12/1945 2/165th s.p. under commands. G.G. Svetetsky, outflanking the OP Handa took possession of it. 179th s.p. By the end of the day, he started a battle to the southeast. outskirts of Coton. Detachment D.S. Tregubenko (7th rifle regiment of the 157th rifle regiment, 3rd rifle regiment of the 165th rifle regiment) destroyed the enemy's base in 3 km southwest. OP Handa. Task Force SMPO and 82nd O.p.s.r. 79th s.d. captured the Ambetsu police post.
08/13/1945 165th s.p. i.214th brig. attacked Kotonsky ur, but had no success. 179th s.p. and 518th o.p.b. fought for Coton.
14-15.08.1945 79th s.d. attacked Kotonskiy w.r. During the blocking of the bunker, Art. s-t A.E. Buyukly. Detachment D.S. Tregubenko captured the village of Nibu. To the area of the city of Coton to support the 179th s.p. arrived 284th a.p. (without 2/284th a.p.), 2/179th a.p. and 1/214th brig. SMPO task forces captured the Japanese border outposts: Kire, Vampaku, Chisio, Chiringai, Enai, Fanzai, Asase.
15.08.1945 news of Japan's surrender came to the troops. This was published in the newspaper " For the Soviet Motherland” .
16.08.1945 at 9-00, after hour art. preparation of part of the 56th s.k. went on the offensive. 1/165th s.p. and 2/165th s.p. from the 214th brigade (without the 1/214th brigade) took possession of the OP of Kotonsky ur. in the north-east. slopes of the Horomi pass. 1/157th s.p. and 3/165th s.p. attacked the Japanese resistance center on the city of Happo. Particularly distinguished themselves in battle P.N. Sidorov , L.V. Smirnykh, G.G. Svetetsky and S.T. Yudin. Having transferred on the patrol ship "Zarnitsa" and 4 patrol ships from Sovetskaya Gavan to the western coast of Sakhalin The STOF landed this battalion in the port of Toro. The battalion operated as part of 2 groups under the command of Art. Dr. D.L. Gadziev and Lt. A.A. Egorova. The port of Toro was taken, after which the 2/113th O.S.Br. landed there.
17.08.1945 179th s.p. with parts of the reinforcement, he captured the city of Coton and launched an attack on the Coton ur. from South. 1/157th s.p. and 3/165th s.p. continued to wage fierce battles in the depths of the Japanese defenses on the city of Happo. 1 and 2/165th s.p. fought on the Horomi pass and east. slopes of Futago. Detachment D.S. Tregubenko advanced in the north. direction, fought in the depths of the resistance node on Futago. The landing force of the STOF (365th b.m.p. and 2/113th brigade took the city of Yama-Sigai and the city of Esutora with battle.
18.08.1945 at 12-00, negotiations began with the command of the 56th s.k. with parliamentarians of the 125th p.p. Fighting in the area of Kotonskogo w.r. suspended. Commander of the 56th S.K. issued an order “On the procedure for the occupation of Karafuto”. A mobile detachment of the 56th S.K. set out in the direction of Otomari. under the command of General M.V. Alimov.
19.08.1945 165th s.p. and 179th s.p. made a march along the route Coton - Kami - Sikuka. 2/179th s.p. made a march to the area of OP Muika, where the Japanese garrison remained who did not lay down their arms. 2/165th s.p. made a march to the village of Kusyunnai. 125th p.p. led by Colonel Kobayashi began to surrender. Three landing detachments (1st landing - 297 submachine gunners, 2nd detachment - combined marine battalion (820 people) under the command of Major Gulchak, 3rd - 113th o.s.br. (without 2 / 113 th o.s.br.) left Sovetskaya Gavan to the port of Maoka.
20.08.1945 with weak enemy opposition at 7 o'clock. 33 min. landing in Maoka. The Marine Corps battalion fought for the eastern part of the city, units of the 113th O.S.B. under the command of Deputy commander of the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel M.M. Tetyushkin - for his app. part. By 2 p.m. Maoka was taken . The enemy withdrew from Maoka in the river. at Kamyshov pass. Another part of the Japanese troops retreated along railway to the south and fortified on the outskirts of the city of Futomato.
21.08.1945 Commander-in-Chief of the Soviet Forces in the Far East A.M. Vasilevsky ordered to speed up the clearing of the Japanese troops from the south of Sakhalin, and the port of Otomari and the city of Toyohara should be taken no later than August 22, the 87th S.K., the main aviation forces of the 9th Air Force should be concentrated there. army and Pacific Fleet, as well as the required number of ships, combat boats, vessels and watercraft, so that by the end of August 23. be ready to launch a landing operation in Hokkaido with the simultaneous deployment of at least 2 p.d., in 2-3 echelons each. It was indicated that the start date of the operation would be announced at an additional rate.
08/22/1945 113th o.s.br. fought on the Kamyshov Pass, which was taken by the end of the day. 4/113th o.s.br. fought for the city of Futomato and the railway station Ekinohara. B.M. heroically showed themselves in these battles. Nikolaychuk, V.I. Volkov and E.A. Chaplanov. Preparations continued for dec. in Otomari.
23.08.1945 out to Otomari des. detachment from 1600 sea. infantrymen got into a 7-point storm and headed for the port of Khonto.
24.08.1945 The landing party en route to Otomari landed in Honto, where they were met by representatives of the garrison command, the police, and the city administration. Due to the mine danger in the La Perouse Strait, the mine layer Ocean remained in Honto, the rest of the ships continued their march to Otomari.
25.08.1945 landing force of the Pacific Fleet and parts of the 113th O.S.br. the port of Otomari is occupied, parts of the 56th s.k. entered Toyohara. 18320 Jap. soldiers and officers surrendered. The southern part of Sakhalin, torn away from Russia as a result of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905, was returned to the USSR. Following the results of the South Sakhalin operation, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Owls. Union G.G. Svetetsky, S.T. Yudin, P.N. Sidorov. L.V. Smirnykh. Posthumously, this title was awarded to A.E. Buyukly. Honorary titles “Sakhalin” were awarded to: 79th rifle division, 255th rifle division, 113th rifle division, 433rd rifle regiment, 3rd division of the frontier. boats, 3rd detachment of patrol boats, 5th detachment. division of torpedo boats, 7th det. minesweeper division, 15th det. patrol boat division, 42nd I.A.P., 48th R.A.P., 56th assault A.P. Awarded: Orders of the Red Banner - 179th rifle division, 214th brigade and 48th R.A.P.STOF, orders of the Red Star - 157th S.P., 165th S.P., 284th A.P. The rank of guards was awarded to the 365th o.b.m.p.

At the epicenter of the war. The course of the South Sakhalin operation Sakhalin offensive operation of 1945

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