Nomonhan Incident

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Soviet–Japanese border war border conflict military conflict

The Nomonhan Incident was a 1939 border war between Japan and the Soviet Union (with Mongolia) near the Khalkhin Gol river that ended in a decisive Soviet victory and helped deter further Japanese expansion into Siberia.

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Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet–Japanese border war → border conflict → military conflict →
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Army → Mongolian People’s Army → Soviet Red Army →
cause	border dispute between Manchukuo and Mongolia → conflicting territorial claims along Khalkhin Gol →
commander	Georgy Zhukov → Michitarō Komatsubara →
conflictIn	World War II prelude →
consequence	Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941 → deterrence of further Japanese expansion into Siberia →
countryInvolved	Empire of Japan → Mongolia → Soviet Union →
date	1939 →
encouragedDoctrine	Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) →
endDate	1939-09 →
hasAlias	Battle of Khalkhin Gol → Khalkhin Gol conflict → Nomonhan War →
historicalPeriod	interwar period → pre–World War II Asia →
influenced	Japanese decision to sign the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy → Japanese strategic shift toward southern expansion in Southeast Asia and the Pacific →
location	Khalkhin Gol river → Nomonhan area → border between Mongolia and Manchukuo →
militaryTacticUsed	Soviet combined-arms offensive → encirclement operations →
notableCommander	Georgy Zhukov →
notableFeature	decisive encirclement of Japanese forces in August 1939 → large-scale use of tanks and aircraft in remote steppe terrain →
opponent	Japan → Mongolia → Soviet Union →
opposedDoctrine	Japanese Hokushin-ron (Northern Expansion Doctrine) →
partOf	Soviet–Japanese border conflicts →
precedes	Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor → Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941 →
relatedTo	Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts → World War II in the Pacific →
result	Japanese defeat → decisive Soviet victory →
scale	tens of thousands of troops engaged on each side →
startDate	1939-05 →
theater	Eastern Front (Far East Asia) →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → Imperial Japanese Army ("Soviet–Japanese border conflicts") → Imperial Japanese Army ("Battle of Nomonhan") → Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → Imperial Japanese Army General Staff → RKKA ("Soviet–Japanese border conflicts") →	conflict
Battle of Khalkhin Gol → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ("Nomonhan Incident (in Japan)") →	alsoKnownAs
Nomonhan Incident ("Nomonhan War") →	hasAlias
Nakajima Ki-27 →	usedInConflict