There are no ceremonies planned, said local historian Don Farrell.
Shortly after midnight, 67 years ago, August 9, 1945, the re-organized Russian Army crossed their border into the Japanese-held, Chinese province of Manchuria. Premier Joseph Stalin had been planning the invasion for months. The Allies had requested him to enter the war and attack Japan from the north to draw Japanese troops away from the proposed Allied landing beaches in southern Kyushu. He had originally scheduled his entry into the war for August 15; however, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima forced his hand. He was fearful that Americas use of the bomb might cause Hirohito to surrender before the Red Army could land troops in Hokkaido, the northern-most of Japans main islands, and claim it for Soviet occupation.
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