Battle of Shumshu (WWII)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties Japanese: ~1,018
Soviet: ~1,567
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Alexei_Gnechko
gptkb:Tsutsumi_Fusaki
gptkbp:date August 18–23, 1945
gptkbp:followedBy Soviet occupation of the Kuril Islands
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of Shumshu (WWII)
gptkbp:location Shumshu Island, Kuril Islands
gptkbp:objective Capture of Shumshu and Paramushiro Islands
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Soviet–Japanese_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria
gptkbp:result Soviet victory
gptkbp:significance First Soviet amphibious assault of WWII
One of the last battles of WWII
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Iturup_Island
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7