✦ History

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

March 1, 1932 – September 16, 1939

Series of border clashes between the Soviet Union and Mongolia on one side and Japan and Manchukuo on the other, ending with the Japanese defeat at Khalkhin Gol in 1939.

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Battles 2

1938 – August 11, 1938
Battle of Lake Khasan Lake Khasan Vasily Blyukher, Kōtoku Satō
May 11 – September 16, 1939
Battles of Khalkhin Gol Khalkhin Gol Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Georgy Zhukov, Kōtoku Satō

Key commanders

Soviet Union and Mongolia 3

Khorloogiin Choibalsan military commander Georgy Zhukov military commander Vasily Blyukher military commander

Japan and Manchukuo 3

Kōtoku Satō military commander Michitarō Komatsubara military commander Masaomi Yasuoka military commander