Nomonhan Incident

E38882

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Nomonhan Incident canonical	10
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts	2
Battle of Nomonhan	1
Nomonhan Incident (in Japan)	1
Nomonhan War	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet–Japanese border war ⓘ border conflict ⓘ military conflict ⓘ
belligerent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Mongolian People’s Army ⓘ Red Army ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941 deterrence of further Japanese expansion into Siberia ⓘ
countryInvolved	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Mongolia ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
date	1939 ⓘ
encouragedDoctrine	Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) ⓘ
endDate	1939-09 ⓘ
hasAlias	Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ surface form: Khalkhin Gol conflict Nomonhan Incident self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941
relatedTo	Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ surface form: 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	Russia Far East ⓘ surface form: Eastern Front (Far East Asia)

Referenced by (15)

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

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → conflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army → conflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

Imperial Japanese Army → conflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Nomonhan

Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → conflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Army General Staff → conflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

RKKA → conflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

Nomonhan Incident → hasAlias → Nomonhan Incident self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nomonhan War

Nakajima Ki-27 → usedInConflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

Battle of Khalkhin Gol → alsoKnownAs → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nomonhan Incident (in Japan)

Nomonhan area → historicallySignificantFor → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

Khalkhin Gol river → knownFor → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

subject surface form: Khalkhin Gol

Khalkhin Gol river → partOfHistoricalEvent → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

subject surface form: Khalkhin Gol

Kantōgun → notableEvent → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ

Michitarō Komatsubara → conflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ