Project Hula | |
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Part of the Pacific War of World War II | |
Operational scope | Transfer of US Navy vessels to the Soviet Union in anticipation of the Invasion of Japan |
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Date | 20 March 1945 30 September 1945 | –
Japan surrendered before completion of the operation |
Project Hula was a program during World War II in which the United States transferred naval vessels to the Soviet Union in anticipation of the Soviets eventually joining the war against Japan, specifically in preparation for planned Soviet invasions of southern Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. Based at Cold Bay in the Territory of Alaska, the project was active during the spring and summer of 1945. It was the largest and most ambitious transfer program of World War II.