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Part of Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

Battles of Khalkhin Gol

May 11 – September 16, 1939 · Khalkhin Gol

Result Soviet–Mongolian victory

Border war between the Soviet Union and Mongolia on one side and Japan and Manchukuo on the other, along the Khalkhin Gol river. Georgy Zhukov's decisive victory in August 1939 kept Japan from further war with the Soviet Union.

On the map Contemporaries

Soviet Union and Mongolia

Japan and Manchukuo

Other

Soviet Union
Mongolia
Japan
Manchukuo
Khorloogiin Choibalsan military commander Georgy Zhukov military commander Grigori Shtern military commander Yakov Smushkevich military commander
Kōtoku Satō military commander Michitarō Komatsubara military commander Masaomi Yasuoka military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
57,000
Tanks
498–550
Guns
546
Vehicles
4,000

Mongolia Killed c. 3,000

Strength
25,000
Casualties
2,895
Tanks
73

Japan Killed c. 20,000

Killed
c. 28,000

Units

36th Rifle Division 752nd Guards Motor Rifle Regiment
Kwantung Army Manchukuo Imperial Army Sixth Army (Japan) 1st Division (Japan) 23rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 2nd Division (Japan) 7th Division (Japan) Imperial Japanese Army Air Service

Before and after

Led to
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact August 23, 1939

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