Colonel Dmitriy Loza with his father Fedor Loza. Dmitriy Fedorovich Loza a hero of the soviet union was tank commander in a M4 Sherman or Emchas, while many had bad views on the M4 Dmitriy had great views on the Sherman he like the top speed of the Sherman and the high mobility and fire power. he believed the m4 can outperform the best of the german panzers. he fought from the Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary in the sherman and was shot 3 times during his military career. He later when to Manchuria during the soviet invasion of Manchuria.

Father And Son 

Unknown to many, the Soviet army played a large role in the surrender of Japan. Stalin had agreed to join the fighting in the Pacific theater once Germany was defeated. On August 8, the day before atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and took them by surprise by launching three separate invasions into Manchuria only twenty-four hours later. The Kwangtung Army that was defending the region was largely destroyed and was forced to surrender.

After conquering Manchuria, Soviet forces launched an attack into northern Korea, but their aims of controlling the entire peninsula were defeated when the Japanese government surrendered to the Allied forces. With the Soviets quickly advancing through their territories and the imminent invasion of the mainland, Japan could no longer hold out.

In less than a month, the Soviet Union had managed to retake land lost during the previous Russo-Japanese War, crush a major Japanese army group, and liberate Manchuria.

