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The Karafuto Fortress was the defensive unit formed by the Karafuto fortification installations, and the Karafuto detachment of Japanese forces, the 88th Division, created to defend against the Soviet invasion of South Sakhalin.[1]
The headquarters was in Toyohara, capital of the province, based on the Suzuya plain, in the Southern Karafuto area, not far from the ports of Otomari and Maoka.
- ^ Shimizu, Rio. "Japanese Women in Sakhalin after World War II". Digital Humanities and Japanese History. Sophia University. Retrieved February 12, 2024.