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, [26] a cairn set as …

Nomonhan Burd Obo is an obo, [1] a cairn set as a border marker in the Yongzheng period of the Qing dynasty. The Japanese name "Nomonhan Incident" for the Battles of Khalkhin Gol is …

The Battle of Nomonhan, which produced the largest tank battles since World War I and cost both sides a total of 50,000–60,000 casualties, was dwarfed by the carnage that would soon …

However, Dr. Edward J. Drea's, Nomonhan: Japanese-Soviet Tactical Combat 1939, which is the second publication in Leavenworth Paper series, goes beyond the mere narration of a remote …

The Nomonhan Incident was one of the largest and most decisive conflicts between the Soviet Union and Japan during the interwar period. The battle marked a significant Soviet victory and …

Apr 9, 2025 · Some historians say this border conflict unintentionally links the eastern and western battle fronts of Eurasia and leads to the outbreak of the World War II, on Sept. 1, …

Jan 12, 2024 · Soviet-Japanese relations and war.

The defeat at Nomonhan caused the Japanese to turn southward toward the oil-rich East Indies and prompted the Imperial Japanese Navy to consider a preemptive strike on the U.S. Navy at …

1 day ago · When the Nomonhan Conflict broke out, the Japanese Army General Staff was just planning to transfer heavy artillery from Japan to Manchuria. The outbreak of the Nomonhan …

Aug 16, 2014 · The Nomonhan Incident was the climax of rising tensions between Japan and the Soviet Union shortly before the beginning of the Second World War. The end result was a …