Evening star., 1945-08-10
Russians Invade
Korea andJaps'
Half Of SakhaIin
Other Red Troops
Push Into Monchurio
AS Far as 33 Miles
Py the Associated Press.

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The Red Army's Stain tanks.
infantry and massed cavalry
rolled through numerous gates
in Manchuria's defenses with
sensational advances today,
Moscow dispatches reported, and
Tokyo announced the BROADEN
ing of the Soviet attacks to Ko-
rea and Sakhalin Island.
Soviet correspondents said units
of the Soviet Pacific Fleet had gone
into action.
Moving toward the heart of Man.
churia along three main routes Of
invasion. the former Chinese East
ern Railway from Lupin MAN
choulD in the northwest, the Mon
golian caravan trail from Lake Bor
in the west, and the Sungari River
Valley from Khabarovsk in the
northeast, the Russians had opened
up numerous gates" in the enemy's
carefully prepared defenses and ap-
parently were bent on nonstop Of
fensive. Moscow dispatches said.
These advices declared gains of up
to 80 miles yesterday were being en-
larged sensationally today.
First Blow Well Planned.
The first Soviet blow was so well
prepared along the pattern of the
Red Army's European offensives
that the japanese were unable to
hold single defensive line along
the frontier, one Soviet dispatch
reported.
The western and northwestern
vanguards were driving hard for the
city of Hulun (Hailar), japanese
forward base on the Chinese East
ern Railway, 80 miles distant. Ahead
was the difficult, Takhingan Shan
Range, which cups the Manchurian
plain to the east and runs south
toward Peiping in China.
In the northeastern sector, where
the Russians struck from the mari
time provinces to protect their i'm
portant naval and air base of Vladi-
vostok, the Russians also were max
ing steady progress from Khaba-
rovsk and captured Flu Yuan toward
Harbin, rail heart of Manchuria 400
miles distant.
Forerunner of Strong Blows.
Moscow dispatches said the
weight of the Russian attack in the
east apparently had not been fully
developed, and this offensive from
Khabarovsk appeared to be only the
forerunner of strong blows any
where to the south between Kha-
barovsk and Vladivostok.
This indicated that Tokyo's report
of an invasion of Korea on broad
front" was likely to be confirmed py
Moscow shortly The Korean from
tier at Changkufeng, scene of a
long and bloody Soviet Russian
clash in 1888, is 80 miles southwest
of Vladivostok.
An imperial headquarters commu.
nique broadcast from Tokyo by Do
mel said this invasion was in the
vicinity of Keiko, about 20 miles
west of Changkufeng.
The invasion of Japan's half Of
Sakhalin Island was at several
points along the 80-mile frontier,
Tokyo announced
Bombardments Mentioned.
Bombardments at Buika and
Handa were mentioned by Tokyo.
The southern half of this island,
which is called Karafuto by the
Japanese, was awarded to Japan az
result of the treaty of Portsmouth
in 1905. 1t lies across a 40-mile
strait from the northernmost of the
japanese main islands. Japan's
southern half is about 275 miles
long and Is rich in oil.
Moscow dispatches said veterans
Of the war with Germany, veterans
Of previous clashes with the Jap
anese in East Asia and youngsters
with no battle experience were
sweeping across sultry, waterless
Manuchurian steppes against re-
sistance tthat varied from fierce to
slight.
Strong points were smashed by
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