Battles of Khalkhin Gol
| Battles of Khalkhin Gol | |||||||||
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| Part of the Soviet–Japanese border conflicts and World War II | |||||||||
Japanese infantrymen near wrecked Soviet armored vehicles, July 1939 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Soviet Union Mongolia |
Japan Manchukuo | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
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57,000 (late August) 498–550 tanks 385–450 armored cars 900 aircraft (total), peak strength 623 546 artillery pieces (156 100mm+) 4,000 trucks 1,921 horses and camels (Mongol only) |
25,000 (late August)
277 artillery pieces (50 100mm+) 2,000 trucks (20 August) 2,708 horses | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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Manpower: Total: 26,211–28,169 casualties 24,903 combat 752–2,276 noncombat 556–990 Equipment: 250 aircraft lost 253 tanks destroyed or crippled 133 armored cars destroyed 96 mortars and artillery 49 tractors and prime movers 652 trucks and other motor vehicles significant animal casualties |
Manpower: Total: ~21,000 – 30,000 casualties See § Casualties. 17,364–17,716 combat 2,350 noncombat 2,895 (Soviet claim) Equipment: 162 aircraft lost 29 tanks destroyed or crippled 7 tankettes destroyed 72 artillery pieces (field guns only) 2,330 horses killed, injured, or sick significant motor vehicle losses | ||||||||
| Events leading to World War II |
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The Battles of Khalkhin Gol (Russian: Бои на Халхин-Голе; Mongolian: Халхын голын байлдаан) were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts involving the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Japan and Manchukuo in 1939. The conflict was named after the river Khalkhin Gol, which passes through the battlefield. In Japan, the decisive battle of the conflict is known as the Nomonhan Incident (Japanese: ノモンハン事件, Hepburn: Nomonhan jiken) after Nomonhan Burd Obo, an obo, a cairn set as a border marker in the Yongzheng period of the Qing dynasty. The battles resulted in the defeat of the Japanese Sixth Army.