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The 73th Anniversary of the Allied Victory in World War II

On September 2, 1945, Japan signed the act of surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, formally bringing World War II to a close. The Soviet Union was represented by Lieutenant-General Kuzma Derevyanko, who signed Japan's Instrument of Surrender, and went on to serve as the Soviet representative at General Douglas McArthur's headquarters during the US occupation of Japan. In the days and weeks before, the Red Army smashed the million-troop strong Kwantung Army in Japanese-occupied Manchuria, in an operation which US historians would dub 'August Storm' for its scale and lightning speed. In two weeks, Imperial Japan lost 677,000 troops, including 84,000 killed or wounded, with over 593,000 troops taken prisoner. The Red Army suffered 9,800 dead and 24,500 wounded. Many Russian and some historians believe that the invasion of Manchuria contributed greatly to Japan's decision to surrender.