battle, interwar and Second World War

Soviet assault on Tōro

Name: Soviet assault on Tōro
Location: Tōro, Russia

Soviet assault on Tōro was a battle fought in 1945 at Tōro, in what is now Russia. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Tōro. It was part of the Soviet–Japanese War. The recorded result: Soviet victory. Recorded strength: Over 1,400 men against Initially about 200 men.

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Fought1945

WhereTōro, Russia49.163N, 142.119E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSoviet victory

BelligerentsSoviet UnionagainstEmpire of Japan

Casualties and losses12 killedandAbout 100 killed; About 150 other casualties

Part ofSoviet–Japanese WarSoviet invasion of South Sakhalin

Where it sits in the Soviet–Japanese War

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Record

Date	1945 (year precision)
Place	Tōro, Russia 49.163N, 142.119E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Strength	Over 1,400 men	Initially about 200 men
Casualties and losses	12 killed	About 100 killed; About 150 other casualties
Commanders	Vladimir Andreyev (admiral)

Placed at Tōro; 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 Korsakov 1904, 267 km S
Japanese invasion of Sakhalin 1905, 271 km S
Battle of Volochayevka 1922, 563 km W
Battle of Futamata 1869, 812 km S
Battle of Hakodate 1868, 826 km S

In the same war

After: Soviet invasion of Manchuria 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

Soviet assault on Tōro is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 425 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4159131, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Soviet assault on Toro, revision 1382922610, 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.