Table of Contents

List of Illustrations, List of Maps, List of Figures and Tables, List of Abbreviations, Symbols, Introduction, 1. The 5th Army’s Penetration of the Border Fortified Zone: The Penetration of a Prepared Defense, 2. The 1st Red Banner Army’s Advance to Pamientung: Operations in Heavily Wooded Mountains, 3. The 35th Army’s Advance to Mishan: Operations in Swampy Lowlands, 4. The Battle for Mutanchiang: Set-Piece Battle, 5. The 35th Army’s Capture of the Hutou Fortress: Reduction of a Fortified Region, 6. The 39th Army’s Envelopment of the Halung-Arshaan Fortified Region: Operations in Arid Mountains, 7. The 36th Army’s Advance to Hailar: A Forward Detachment’s Deep Operations, 8. The 15th Army’s Advance to Chiamussu: Joint Ground and Riverine Operations, 9. The Battle for Southern Sakhalin Island, 11-25 August 1945: Joint Ground and Amphibious Operations, 10. The Amphibious Assault on the Kuril Islands, 11. Conclusions, APPENDICES: 1. Soviet Documents on the Sakhalin Operation Combat, 2. Soviet Documents on the Kuril Amphibious Assault Operation, Bibliography, Index