Find on the map the most important battles and territory controlled by Japan and not affected by hostilities in 1943-1944.

Find on the map the most important battles and territory controlled by Japan and not affected by hostilities in 1943-1944. Explain why, in this regard, the entry of the USSR into the war against Japan was crucial

The most important battles were fought in the Philippines, on the Japanese islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. The Japanese fought fiercely for their territory. It took from 1 to 2 months to capture one island. The United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; on August 9, 1945, Soviet troops launched an offensive against Manchuria. The entry of the USSR into the war against Japan was of decisive importance, because it was the Soviet Red Army that broke through the defenses of the Japanese and forced them to surrender, thus ending World War II.