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А.Елисеенко
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Константин Чиркин
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13.07.2006 21:42:46
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Великая Отечественная;
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Японский взгляд на советскую высадку
Shimushu Island is the most north island of the Kuril and the border line of Japan and the Soviet Union was drawn between Shimushu Island and Kamchatska Penninsula. About 8,000 Japanese soldiers and one tank regiment were deployed on Shimushu to defend a Japanese territory against the Soviet.
When Japan surrendered on Aug. 15th, Japanese forces were ordered to stop the attack against the Allied. However, the Japanese government still reserved the right of self-protection. On Aug. 18th, the Soviet forces suddently invaded Shimushu Island without notice. The strenghts of the Soviet forces were 8,360 soldiers and the Soviet Navy and Soviet Air Forces supported the attack. This Soviet invasion was caused by the territorial ambitions of Stalin. He desired to occupy the Kuril Islands before the American forces would been stationed there.
When the Soviet attacked Shimushu, Japanese forces on the island were prepared for disarmament. They were ambarrassed with the Soviet invasion, but dicided to fight with the Soviet for self-protection. They fought strongly with the Soviet soldiers landed on the beach of Shimushu and did much damage to the Soviet, who had not expected the strong resistance of the Japanese defenders.
The 11th Tank Regiment also attacked the Soviet forces. About 40 Japanese tanks run over the Soviet soldiers and rushed into the beach. The Soviet soldiers fired to the tanks with AT guns, which were unloaded on the beach in a hurry. As a fog gathered over the beach, it was difficult for the tanks to find out AT guns. A close combat had been fought for over two hours and both sides suffered a heavy loss. When the combat ended, there were twenty one destroyed tanks and over one hundred dead Soviet soldiers on the beach.
On Aug. 20th, Japan and the Soviet concluded a cease-fire agreement. The battle on Shimushu Island was the last battle for Imperial Japanese tanks.
- дескать жестокий бой был. Советы потеряли свыше 100 человек, но и японские потери признаны честно - 21 танк.