Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

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border conflict military conflict

The Soviet–Japanese border conflicts were a series of undeclared military clashes between the Soviet Union (with Mongolia) and Imperial Japan (with Manchukuo) along the Manchurian–Mongolian frontier in the late 1930s, culminating in the large-scale Battle of Khalkhin Gol.

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All labels observed (13)

Label	Occurrences
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts canonical	12
Japanese–Soviet border conflicts	1
Soviet defense of Mongolia	1
Soviet–Japanese Border Wars	1
Soviet–Japanese border	1
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts of the late 1930s	1
Soviet–Japanese border demarcation	1
Soviet–Japanese border disputes	1
Soviet–Japanese border incidents	1
Soviet–Japanese border region	1
Soviet–Japanese border war	1
Soviet–Japanese border wars	1
Soviet–Mongolian–Japanese border	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	border conflict ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese border incidents Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese border wars
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Manchukuo ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ surface form: Mongolian People’s Republic Soviet Union ⓘ
cause	Japanese expansionism in Northeast Asia ⓘ Soviet efforts to secure Mongolian frontier ⓘ disputed border between Manchukuo and Mongolia ⓘ
characterizedAs	series of undeclared military clashes ⓘ
conflictBetween	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Soviet Union ⓘ
consequence	Japanese strategic shift toward southern expansion ⓘ reinforcement of Soviet Far Eastern defenses ⓘ
culminatedIn	Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
endedWith	Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941
endTime	1939 ⓘ
historicalContext	interwar period ⓘ prelude to World War II in Asia ⓘ
involved	Manchukuo ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ
location	China–Mongolia border ⓘ surface form: Manchurian–Mongolian frontier border between Manchukuo and Mongolia ⓘ
mainTheater	Khalkhin Gol river ⓘ surface form: Khalkhin Gol area Lake Khasan area ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ Battle of Lake Khasan ⓘ
opponent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Manchukuo Imperial Army ⓘ Mongolian People’s Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ
partOf	Far East theatre of World War II prelude ⓘ surface form: Asian theatre of interwar conflicts Japan–Soviet relations ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese relations interwar period conflicts ⓘ
precededBy	Japanese occupation of Manchuria ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of Manchuria
relatedTo	Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ surface form: Japanese–Soviet War (1945) Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ
result	Soviet–Mongolian victory at Khalkhin Gol ⓘ strategic setback for Imperial Japan ⓘ
startTime	1932 ⓘ
status	undeclared war ⓘ
timePeriod	late 1930s ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nomonhan Incident → partOf → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

Nomonhan Incident → relatedTo → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

Nakajima Ki-27 → usedInConflict → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact → conflictContext → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact → precededBy → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border conflicts of the late 1930s

Battle of Khalkhin Gol → conflictType → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border war

Battle of Khalkhin Gol → partOf → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

Battle of Khalkhin Gol → front → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Mongolian–Japanese border

Nomonhan area → conflictOccurredHere → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

Nomonhan area → relatedTo → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border disputes

Mongolian People’s Army → conflict → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

Japanese Hokushin-ron (Northern Expansion Doctrine) → associatedWithEvent → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

subject surface form: Hokushin-ron

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts → alsoKnownAs → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border wars

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts → alsoKnownAs → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border incidents

Khalkhin Gol river → associatedWithConflict → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

subject surface form: Khalkhin Gol

Khalkhin Gol river → strategicSignificance → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

subject surface form: Khalkhin Gol

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border demarcation

Khalkhin Gol river → hasPoliticalContext → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

subject surface form: Khalkhin Gol

this entity surface form: Soviet defense of Mongolia

Soviet Polikarpov I-16 → usedInConflict → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

subject surface form: Polikarpov I-16

Japan–Soviet relations → significantConflict → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

Japanese Karafuto garrison → theaterOfOperations → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border region

Soviet Far Eastern Front → borderResponsibility → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border

Kantōgun → conflict → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese Border Wars

2nd Infantry Division (Japan) → conflict → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

Michitarō Komatsubara → notableEvent → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese–Soviet border conflicts