After Soviet forces defeated the Japanese in North-Eastern China, the Red Army prepared for landings on the main Japanese islands. But maintaining relations with the U.S. was still a priority and the plan was abandoned.
In the summer of 1945, the Allies were preparing to make a final strike to crush their last remaining enemy – the Japanese Empire. The Americans and British had been fighting Japanese troops in the Pacific for years, but the Soviet Union was just about to enter this war.
