20th August 1945
- The cities of Harbin and Mukden in China are occupiet by Soviet forces.
On This Day
Tag Archives: Manchuria
On This Day
19th August 1945
- Kwantung Army Headquarters issue surrender orders to the Imperial Japanese Army in Manchuria.
- The Soviet invasion of Maoka on Southern Sakhalin Island begins.
- Chinese Civil War: Battle of Yongjiazhen ends, communist victory.
On This Day
17th August 1945
- The Japanese Imperial General Headquarters issue a formal ceasefire in Manchuria.
- General MacArthur issues General Order No. 1 .
- Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni becomes Prime Minister of Japan and orders the Imperial Japanese Army to obey the Emperor’s ceasefire.
- Proclamation of Indonesian Independence issued beginning the Indonesian National Revoloution.
- Chinese Civil War: Battle of Tianmen, results in a Communist victory.
Japanese forces in Manchuria 
Prince Naruhiko Kigashikuni
On This Day
16th August 1945
- General Jonathan Wainwright, senior field commander of U.S. and Philippine forces, is released from Manchuria.
- The Japanese cabinet resigns.
- Emperor Hirohito issues a decree at 16:00JST ordering Japanese forces to ceasefire.
- Winston Churchill speaks in the House of Commons and describes an “iron curtain” that has descended across Europe.
- Chinese Civil War: Battle of Yongjiazhen begins.
General Jonathan Wainwright 
Sir Winston Churchill
