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 Khalkh River (also spelled as Khalkha River or Halaha River; Mongolian: Халх гол; Chinese: 哈拉哈 Ha-la-ha; Ha-lo-hsin Ho) is a river in eastern Mongolia and northern China 's Inner Mongolia region. [1][2] The river is also referred to with the Mongolian genitive suffix -iin as the Khalkhin Gol, or River of Khalkh. [3]

Jun 12, 2006 · The Halha River, often referred to as the Khalkhin Gol, flowed north–south, parallel with the battle front. At the center of the front, the Holsten River bisected the Halha. Terrain was hilly east of the Halha, but west of the river stretched a vast and barren desert plateau.

On 11 May 1939, a Mongolian cavalry unit consisted of 70 to 90 men neared Nomonhan in search of grazing land for their horses, and was driven west of Khalkhin Gol by Manchukuo cavalry. Two days later, the enraged Mongolians returned with a …

May 29, 2016 · On 11 May 1939, a few hundred Inner Mongolian horsemen under Japanese control and accompanied by “advisers” from Komatsubara’s 23rd Division, crossed the frontier and rode as far as Nomonhan itself before the villagers alerted their border guards, based in a log fort five miles away on the west bank of the river.

In the 1939 battlefield area, the Khalkhin Gol is approximately 164' / 50m wide and roughly 6.56' / 2m deep with a sandy riverbed and a normal current of approximately 2.17 mph / 3.5 kph during the summer months.

During June the next units were redeployed in Tamats-Bulak and Khalkhin-Gol area: • 24 th Motorized Rifle Regiment/36 th Motorized Rifle Division • 3 rd Battalion/175 th Artillery Regiment

May 7, 2013 · Khalkhin-Gol dramatically changed the course of WW II – and history. Haunted by their crushing defeat the Japanese tore up their plans to annex the Russian Far East and Siberia.

Aug 20, 2011 · The Battle of Khalkhin Gol was the decisive engagement of the undeclared Soviet-Japanese Border War, fought between the Soviet Union, Mongolia and the Empire of Japan in 1939. The battle was named after the river Khalkhin Gol passing through the battlefield.

Information for the war historians: History of Khalkh Gol war, statues, and monuments at the battlefield on the bank of the Khalkhiin Gol River in eastern Mongolia.