Siege of Hutou Fortress

Siege of Hutou Fortress
Part of the Soviet invasion of Manchuria of World War II
Date9–28 August 1945[1]
Location
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Soviet Union Soviet Union Empire of Japan Japan
Commanders and leaders
Soviet Union Nikanor Zakhvatayev Empire of Japan Tadashi Oki 
Units involved

1st Far Eastern Front

First Area Army

Strength
about 20,000 about 2,000
Casualties and losses
all killed, deserted or surrendered

During closing stages of the Soviet–Japanese War in August 1945, Japanese Kwantung Army still resisted with strong fortifications in Hutou Fortress. The Red Army with the cooperation of the fighters of local Chinese forces, took the fort on August 26, 1945. As the Hutou battle ended, Japan's unconditional surrender came 11 days later. Only 53 of the 1,400 Japanese soldiers survived one of the last campaigns of the Second World War. A Study on the Hutou Fortress Battle between Japan and the Soviet Union took place in 2009, by the Social Science Academy of Heilongjiang Province, entitled "The final battle of World War II".[2][3]

  1. ^ Glantz, David (June 1983). August Storm: Soviet Tactical and Operational Combat in Manchuria, 1945. Fort Leavenworth: Combat Studies Institute, US Army Command and General Staff College. p. 69
  2. ^ "第二次世界大战最后一战" (in Chinese). September 14, 2023.
  3. ^ 冈崎哲夫 [Tetsuo Okazaki] (1993). 日苏虎头决战秘录--关东军虎头要塞失陷纪实. Harbin Institute of Technology Press. ISBN 978-7-5603-0630-8.