The Great War War Against Japan (Season 2, Episode 9)
TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary, Drama, History

The Great War

War Against Japan (Season 2, Episode 9)

TV Episode | 43 min | Documentary, Drama, History

In exchange for territorial concessions Stalin agreed to join the war against Japan within 90 days of Germany's surrender negating the 1941 armistice with Japan. Exactly ninety days later Soviet forces invaded Manchuria, a region critical ...See moreIn exchange for territorial concessions Stalin agreed to join the war against Japan within 90 days of Germany's surrender negating the 1941 armistice with Japan. Exactly ninety days later Soviet forces invaded Manchuria, a region critical to Japan for fuel and other raw materials. Despite major logistical challenges including a mountain barrier, the battle hardened Soviets achieved rapid victories against the obsolete Japanese forces. Coupled with the nuclear bombing of the Japanese homeland, the Japnaese finally decided to consider surrender. But the Japanese delayed, first hoping to negotiate better surrender terms and then failing to call a prompt cease fire after their surrender. During the interim Soviet forces were able to occupy and retain after the war Sakhalin and the Kiril islands. Written by David Foss See less

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Anatoliy Bogush Self - Narrator (voice: Russian version) Self - Narrator (voice: Russian version) See fewer	S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)
Olga Radchuk Self - Narrator (voice: Russian version) Self - Narrator (voice: Russian version) See fewer	Paradzhanov (2013)
David Riley Self - Narrator (voice: UK version) Self - Narrator (voice: UK version) See fewer	Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (1978)
Evgeniy Sinchukov Self - Narrator (voice: Russian version) Self - Narrator (voice: Russian version) See fewer	Ruka na schaste (2008)
Winston Churchill Self - Prime Minister of Great Britain (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Great Britain (archive footage) See fewer	Matinee Theatre (1955)
Hirohito Self - Emperor of Japan (archive footage) Self - Emperor of Japan (archive footage) See fewer	Arrivée du prince du Japon Hiro Hito (1921)
Rodion Malinovsky Self - Soviet Marshal (archive footage) Self - Soviet Marshal (archive footage) See fewer
George C. Marshall Self - U.S. General (archive footage) Self - U.S. General (archive footage) See fewer	Krymskaya konferentsiya (1945)
Kirill Meretskov Self - Soviet Marshal (archive footage) Self - Soviet Marshal (archive footage) See fewer
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - President of U.S.A. (archive footage) Self - President of U.S.A. (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Joseph Stalin Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage) Self - General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (archive footage) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Kantaro Suzuki Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage) See fewer	The Screen Telegram, No. 15 (1918)
Hideki Tôjô Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage) Self - Prime Minister of Japan (archive footage) See fewer	Greater East Asia Conference (1943)
Harry S. Truman Self - President of U.S.A. (archive footage) Self - President of U.S.A. (archive footage) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing
Aleksandr Vasilevsky Self - Soviet Marshal (archive footage) Self - Soviet Marshal (archive footage) See fewer