Battle of Khalkhin Gol

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battle border conflict

The Battle of Khalkhin Gol was a decisive 1939 border conflict between the Soviet–Mongolian forces and Imperial Japan that ended in a major Soviet victory and helped deter further Japanese expansion into Siberia.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Khalkhin Gol canonical 8
Battles of Khalkhin Gol 4
Battle of Nomonhan 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
border conflict ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
surface form: Nomonhan Incident (in Japan)
belligerent Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Manchukuo ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
surface form: Mongolian People’s Republic

Soviet Union ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
cause border dispute between Mongolia and Manchukuo ⓘ
commander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Grigory Shtern ⓘ
Khorloogiin Choibalsan ⓘ
Michitarō Komatsubara ⓘ
Rippei Ogisu ⓘ
conflictType Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Soviet–Japanese border war
coordinateLocation 47.65°N 118.72°E ⓘ
countryInvolved Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Manchukuo ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
surface form: Mongolian People’s Republic

Soviet Union ⓘ
endDate 1939-09-16 ⓘ
front Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ
surface form: Soviet–Mongolian–Japanese border
influenced Japanese decision to focus southward in World War II ⓘ
Soviet confidence in armored and combined-arms tactics ⓘ
JapaneseCommander Michitarō Komatsubara ⓘ
location Battle of Khalkhin Gol self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Khalkhin Gol

Mongolia ⓘ
near Soviet–Mongolian–Manchukuo border ⓘ
MongolianCommander Khorloogiin Choibalsan ⓘ
notableEvent large Soviet encirclement offensive in August 1939 ⓘ
partOf Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ
prelude to the Pacific War ⓘ
precedes Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ
primaryOpponents Soviet–Mongolian forces vs Imperial Japanese Army and Manchukuo forces ⓘ
relatedTo Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ
surface form: Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941

Soviet–Japanese War (1945) ⓘ
Pacific War ⓘ
surface form: World War II in Asia
result decisive Soviet–Mongolian victory ⓘ
significance Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
surface form: boosted career of Georgy Zhukov

checked Japanese expansion toward Siberia ⓘ
demonstrated effectiveness of Soviet deep battle tactics ⓘ
SovietCommander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
startDate 1939-05-11 ⓘ
theatre Far East theatre of World War II prelude ⓘ
usedForceType air power ⓘ
armored units ⓘ
artillery ⓘ
year 1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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Japanese Kwantung Army → notableOperation → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
Georgy Zhukov → conflict → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
Nomonhan Incident → hasAlias → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
Nomonhan Incident → hasAlias → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalkhin Gol conflict
Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact → relatedEvent → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Nomonhan (Khalkhin Gol)
Battle of Khalkhin Gol → location → Battle of Khalkhin Gol self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khalkhin Gol
Nomonhan area → historicallySignificantFor → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battles of Khalkhin Gol
Mongolian People’s Army → conflict → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battles of Khalkhin Gol
Japanese Hokushin-ron (Northern Expansion Doctrine) → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
subject surface form: Hokushin-ron
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts → culminatedIn → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts → notableEngagement → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
Khalkhin Gol river → knownFor → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
subject surface form: Khalkhin Gol
this entity surface form: Battles of Khalkhin Gol
Khalkhin Gol river → associatedWithConflict → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
subject surface form: Khalkhin Gol
this entity surface form: Soviet–Japanese War of 1939 at Khalkhin Gol
Khalkhin Gol river → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
subject surface form: Khalkhin Gol
this entity surface form: Khalkhyn Gol
Khalkhin Gol river → partOfHistoricalEvent → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
subject surface form: Khalkhin Gol
this entity surface form: Battles of Khalkhin Gol in 1939
2nd Infantry Division (Japan) → conflict → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Nomonhan
Mitsubishi A5M fighters → usedInConflict → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
subject surface form: Mitsubishi A5M
Michitarō Komatsubara → conflict → Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battles of Khalkhin Gol