Japan will be transferred to the remains of soldiers killed in the Kuriles
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On the island of Shumshu (northern part of the Kuril ridge), representatives of the military detachmenthistorical expeditions of the Russian Defense Ministry and the Russian Geographical Society discovered the remains of Soviet and Japanese military personnel who died here in 1945 during one of the decisive battles of the Kuril operation. It is reported RIA News.
The expedition to Shumshu, which is not inhabited today, worked for 17 days. The discovered remains of Soviet soldiers will be buried with full military honors. The remains of soldiers of the Land of the Rising Sun will be transferred to the Japanese side.
Chief of the press service of the Supreme Military District Alexander Gordeev:
In the area of the memorial complex at the famous 171 altitude, where the decisive battles for the island took place during the landing operation of the Kuril 1945, excavations of ten soldiers of the Soviet army and five Japanese soldiers were found during excavation of the ground. Finds were recorded. The remains of the Soviet soldiers were handed over to the solemn ceremony of burial to representatives of the administration of the city of Severo-Kurilsk, and the remains of the Japanese servicemen will soon be handed over to Japan.
In addition to the remains of the dead soldiers, expedition members discovered fragments tank Ka-Mi "(a Japanese amphibious tank, the name of which comes from the combination" Ka "- floating and" mi "- the first letters of the name" Mitsubishi "), as well as the skeleton of two Japanese locomotives and the American military aircraft" King Cobra. Finds have already been delivered to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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