Battle of Lake Khasan

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battle border conflict

The Battle of Lake Khasan was a 1938 border clash between the Soviet Union and Imperial Japan near the Manchurian–Korean–Soviet frontier that tested Japanese expansionist strategy and Soviet Far Eastern defenses on the eve of World War II.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Lake Khasan canonical	2

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ border conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Changkufeng Incident NERFINISHED ⓘ
armedForcesInvolved	Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Manchukuo NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
cause	Japanese challenge to Soviet border demarcation ⓘ Japanese expansionist strategy in East Asia ⓘ border dispute between Soviet Union and Japan ⓘ
commander	Genrikh Lyushkov NERFINISHED ⓘ Grigory Shtern NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamezō Suetaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Kitsuju Ayabe NERFINISHED ⓘ Vasily Blücher NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictOf	Soviet–Japanese border conflicts NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	land battle ⓘ
dateEnd	1938-08-11 ⓘ
dateStart	1938-07-29 ⓘ
followedBy	Soviet purges of some Far Eastern commanders ⓘ
involved	air support ⓘ armored vehicles ⓘ artillery ⓘ infantry ⓘ
location	Primorsky Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Union NERFINISHED ⓘ near Lake Khasan ⓘ near Manchurian–Korean–Soviet frontier ⓘ
near	Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ Manchukuo border ⓘ Tumen River NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Soviet–Japanese border wars NERFINISHED ⓘ interwar period conflicts ⓘ
politicalContext	Soviet–Japanese rivalry in East Asia ⓘ pre–World War II tensions ⓘ
precedes	Battles of Khalkhin Gol NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II in the Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Russian Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Soviet victory ⓘ
significance	contributed to Japanese reassessment of northern expansion strategy ⓘ demonstrated Soviet willingness to use force to defend Far Eastern borders ⓘ highlighted lack of coordination within Japanese command ⓘ
territorialOutcome	status quo ante bellum largely maintained ⓘ
tested	Japanese Kwantung Army strategy ⓘ Soviet Far Eastern defenses ⓘ
year	1938 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Japanese Hokushin-ron (Northern Expansion Doctrine) → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Lake Khasan ⓘ

subject surface form: Hokushin-ron

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts → notableEngagement → Battle of Lake Khasan ⓘ