battle, interwar and Second World War

Battle of Mutanchiang

Name: Battle of Mutanchiang
Location: Mudanjiang, Japan

Battle of Mutanchiang was a battle fought in 1945 at Mudanjiang, in what is now Japan. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Mudanjiang. It was part of the Soviet–Japanese War. The recorded result: Soviet victory; Japanese defensive success; Japanese delayed the Soviet advance, allowing most of their main forces to safely retreat.

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Fought1945

WhereMudanjiang, Japan44.586N, 129.600E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSoviet victory; Japanese defensive success; Japanese delayed the Soviet advance, allowing most of their main forces to safely retreat

BelligerentsSoviet UnionagainstJapan; Manchukuo

Part ofSoviet–Japanese WarSoviet invasion of Manchuria

Where it sits in the Soviet–Japanese War

6 placed engagements of the Soviet–Japanese War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1945 (year precision)
Place	Mudanjiang, Japan 44.586N, 129.600E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Commanders	Kirill Meretskov Nikolay Krylov (marshal) Afanasy Beloborodov

Placed at Mudanjiang; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Lake Khasan 1938, 253 km S
Battle of Ongjin 1950, 314 km S
Musson sinking 1987, 353 km SE
Battle of Pochonbo 1937, 356 km S
Siege of Changchun 1948, 359 km W

In the same war

Before: Khingan-Mukden Offensive Operation 1945
After: Battle of Shumshu 18 August 1945
All 6 engagements of Soviet–Japanese War

Elsewhere in 1945

atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan
Battle of Berlin Germany
Battle of Iwo Jima Japan
Battle of Okinawa Japan
Bombing of Dresden Germany

Battle of Mutanchiang is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 604 in present-day Japan.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q22115568, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Mutanchiang, revision 1379736953, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.