Name: Battle of Khalkhin Gol 1939 - Soviet-Japanese War DOCUMENTARY
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With the advancement in military technology, the wars became more and more global.

Often a skirmish in one seemingly unimportant area would have long term strategic consequences.

30 years after the Russo-Japanese War, the USSR and Japan were struggling over the borders

in Mongolia and that led to the Battles of Khalkhin Gol in 1937.

This minor conflict proved to be among the most crucial fought in the pre-war period.

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In the 19th century, the Russian Empire was expanding its influence in the Far East, but

the victory in the Russo-Japanese War, allowed Imperial Japan to check that and eventually

it gained control over Korea, Manchuria and South Sakhalin.

The Soviet Union tried to recover its control over the region, successfully aiding Revolutions

The 1930s saw Japan's increasing interest in Mongolia and the region more generally

as they invaded Manchuria, establishing the puppet state of Manchukuo in 1932 and advancing

The Japanese had suddenly and violently acquired a three-thousand-mile border with the USSR

and Mongolia, and this border was very ambiguous and subject to dispute.

Soon the Japanese Army stepped up its presence in the region, creating a quasi-independent

military force and government known as the Kwantung Army.

At the same time, the Soviet Union began bolstering its defenses and signed a mutual assistance

pact with their Mongolian satellite state in 1936.

In 1937 Stalin purged the army, wiping off eighty percent of the staff in the Far East

and Japan saw this debilitation of their rival and decided to exercise some pressure on the

In the Amur River, the Japanese managed to occupy Kanchatzu Island as a result of one

On July 7 the Marco Polo Bridge Incident ignited a full-scale Sino-Japanese War that would

weaken Japan in their possible war against the USSR.

Soviet aid to China and the Japanese divisions being tied down in Manchuria helped prevent

a swift Japanese victory, which emboldened the Soviets to take a tougher stance m.

In 1938, this culminated in the Battle of Lake Khasan, called Changkufeng Incident in

Japan, where Japanese forces occupied the disputed area but withdrew after heavy fighting.

Although they managed to repel their foes thanks to the actions of Commander Grigori

Shtern, the Soviets suffered more losses than the Japanese because of the incompetence of

However, this battle shows the shift in the balance of power in the region, as the Soviet

Union had now more forces stationed in the Manchurian frontier than the Japanese.

In mid-1938, the Japanese 23rd Division was created within the Kwantung Armyassigned to

Hailar, responsible for frontier security in Northwestern Manchukuo.

Subordinated to the infantry division was the 8th Border Garrison Unit, composed of

The 23rd Division was composed of three inexperienced and ill-equipped infantry regiments and was

commanded by the inexperienced General Komatsubara Michitaro.

The Soviet High Command countered by relocating the 57th Special Rifle Corps, consisting of

the 36th Motorized Rifle Division, 11th Tank Brigade and 7th, 8th and 9th Armored Car brigades

to Mongolia to defend its border with Manchuria.

The Corps was led by Commander Nikolai Feklenko and the Mongolian forces were commanded by

Shtern replaced Blyukher and was given command of the Far Eastern front.

Since 1935 border conflicts happened around the Mongolian-Manchurian frontiers across

the Halha River, known as the Khalkhin Gol to the Mongolians.

The Soviets claimed that the border shouldn't be across the river, but some ten to twenty

miles east and through the tiny hamlet of Nomonhan.

To establish that on May 11, 1939, a twenty-man Mongolian border patrol crossed the Halha

The patrol was discovered by the Japanese and a Manchukuoan cavalry force of about forty

men was sent to drive back the Mongolians across the river.

Some casualties were sustained by both sides, but the Manchukuoans had drawn first blood.

The next day, a bigger border force, commanded by Major Chogdan, pushed the Manchukuoan cavalry

This spurred both sides to appeal to their protectors.

General Komatsubara dispatched Colonel Azuma Yaozo on 14 May to lead the reconnaissance

into the disputed territory and expel the intruders.

This force consisted of an armored car reconnaissance company, two infantry companies and some cavalry.

Azuma discovered that the Mongolians had retreated, leaving small elements on the banks of the

An airstrike was ordered on these forces by Komatsubara.

The Soviets were furious at this strike and decided to support the Mongolians.

Feklenko was away from headquarters at the time, so he hurried back to the Mongol capital

of Ulaanbaatar to dispatch a mixed force of infantry and motorized artillery, commanded

by Major Bykov, to support the Mongolian 6th Cavalry Division in securing the border.

Bykov had around 1,000 infantry and 1,250 Mongolian cavalry.

Several skirmishes happened in the disputed area and gradually grew in intensity, while

the Soviets started building a bridge near the junction between the Halha and Holsten

On May 20, Japanese reconnaissance discovered Bykov's forces and Komatsubara decided to

send a strike force under Colonel Takemitsu, composed of the 64th Infantry Regiment and

Having around 2,000 men, Yamagata was ordered to destroy all enemy forces east of the Halha

The attack was set to be launched on May 28 with Yamagata planning to trap the enemy forces

in the eastern bank of the river as Azuma's force went south directly towards the bridge,

Bykov had placed his infantry regiments in the flanks and the Mongolian cavalry in the

center, with one infantry regiment and his artillery in reserve near the bridge, while

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