Nomonhan Incident

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The Nomonhan Incident was a 1939 border war between Japan and the Soviet Union (with Mongolia) near the Khalkhin Gol river that ended in a decisive Soviet victory and helped deter further Japanese expansion into Siberia.

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Generate an image of the Nomonhan Incident (The Nomonhan Incident was a 1939 border war between Japan and the Soviet Union (with Mongolia) near the Khalkhin Gol river that ended in a decisive Soviet victory and helped deter further Japanese expansion into Siberia.)

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet–Japanese border war ⓘ
border conflict ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
belligerent Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Mongolian People’s Army ⓘ
Soviet Red Army ⓘ
linked to: Red Army
cause border dispute between Manchukuo and Mongolia ⓘ
conflicting territorial claims along Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
commander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
Michitarō Komatsubara ⓘ
conflictIn World War II prelude ⓘ
consequence Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941 ⓘ
deterrence of further Japanese expansion into Siberia ⓘ
countryInvolved Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan

Mongolia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
date 1939 ⓘ
encouragedDoctrine Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) ⓘ
endDate 1939-09 ⓘ
hasAlias Battle of Khalkhin Gol ⓘ
Khalkhin Gol conflict ⓘ
Nomonhan War ⓘ
linked to: Nomonhan Incident
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
pre–World War II Asia ⓘ
influenced Japanese decision to sign the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy ⓘ
Japanese strategic shift toward southern expansion in Southeast Asia and the Pacific ⓘ
location Khalkhin Gol river ⓘ
Nomonhan area ⓘ
border between Mongolia and Manchukuo ⓘ
militaryTacticUsed Soviet combined-arms offensive ⓘ
encirclement operations ⓘ
notableCommander Georgy Zhukov ⓘ
notableFeature decisive encirclement of Japanese forces in August 1939 ⓘ
large-scale use of tanks and aircraft in remote steppe terrain ⓘ
opponent Japan ⓘ
Mongolia ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Japanese Hokushin-ron (Northern Expansion Doctrine) ⓘ
partOf Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ
precedes Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact of 1941 ⓘ
relatedTo Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact ⓘ
Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ
World War II in the Pacific ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
result Japanese defeat ⓘ
decisive Soviet victory ⓘ
scale tens of thousands of troops engaged on each side ⓘ
startDate 1939-05 ⓘ
theater Eastern Front (Far East Asia) ⓘ
linked to: Russia Far East

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Imperial Japanese Army Air Service → conflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army → conflict → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Nomonhan Incident
Imperial Japanese Army → conflict → Battle of Nomonhan ⓘ
linked to: Nomonhan Incident
RKKA → conflict → Soviet–Japanese border conflicts ⓘ
linked to: Nomonhan Incident
Nomonhan Incident → hasAlias → Nomonhan War ⓘ
linked to: Nomonhan Incident
Nakajima Ki-27 → usedInConflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
Battle of Khalkhin Gol → alsoKnownAs → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
Battle of Khalkhin Gol → alsoKnownAs → Nomonhan Incident (in Japan) ⓘ
linked to: Nomonhan Incident
Nomonhan area → historicallySignificantFor → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
Khalkhin Gol → knownFor → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
subject linked to: Khalkhin Gol river
Khalkhin Gol → partOfHistoricalEvent → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
subject linked to: Khalkhin Gol river
Kantōgun → notableEvent → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
Michitarō Komatsubara → conflict → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ
Mongolia–Manchukuo border → notableFor → Nomonhan Incident ⓘ