Soviet assault on Toro

Soviet assault on Toro
Part of the Invasion of South Sakhalin in the Soviet–Japanese War of World War II

Map of the invasion of South Sakhalin, with Toro in the left center
Date15–18 August 1945
Location
Toro, Karafuto Prefecture, Sakhalin Island
Result Soviet victory
Belligerents
Soviet Union Japan
Commanders and leaders
V. A. Andreyev Toichiro Mineki
Strength
Over 1,400 men Initially about 200 men
Casualties and losses
12 killed About 100 killed
About 150 other casualties

The Soviet assault on Toro (Toro Landing, Russian: Десант в порт Торо) was a Soviet attack on the port of Toro (now Shakhtyorsk), in Japan's Karafuto Prefecture on southern Sakhalin during the South Sakhalin Offensive of the Soviet–Japanese War at the end of World War II in August 1945. The forces of the Northern Pacific Flotilla of the Soviet Navy's Pacific Fleet carried out the operation between 15 and 18 August 1945. It was the first amphibious assault on South Sakhalin, preceding the Soviet assault on Maoka (now Kholmsk) that took place from 19 to 22 August 1945.

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