Battles of Khalkhin Gol
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The Battles of Khalkhin Gol, known in Japan as the Nomonhan Incident after Nomonhan Burd Obo, were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts which involved the Soviet
Japanese infantrymen near wrecked Soviet armored vehicles, July 1939
Mongolian cavalry in the Khalkhin Gol (1939)
Mongolian troops fight against a Japanese counterattack on the western beach of the river Khalkhin Gol, 1939
Japanese soldiers cross the Khalkhin Gol
Khorloogiin Choibalsan
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Khorloogiin Choibalsan was a Mongolian revolutionary and politician who served as the leader of the Mongolian People's Republic as the chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1939 until his death in
Battles of Khalkhin Gol
…and Mongolian interpretation. Belligerents Soviet Union Mongolia Japan Manchukuo Commanders and leaders Grigory Shtern Georgy Zhukov Yakov Smushkevich Khorloogiin Choibalsan Michitarō Komatsubara Masaomi Yasuoka Kōtoku Satō Urzhin Garmaev Strength 57,000 (late August) 498–550 tanks 385–450 armored cars 900 aircraft (total…
Choibalsan in the 1940s
The Russian Consulate in Khüree played a central role in Choibalsan's early development.
Choibalsan (right) with Damdin Sükhbaatar (left) and Vladimir Khuva (center) in the early 1920s
Choibalsan c. 1925