Battles of Khalkhin Gol: Difference between revisions

The '''Battles of Khalkhin Gol''' ({{lang-ru|Бои на Халхин-Голе}}; {{lang-mn|Халхын голын байлдаан}}) were the decisive engagements of the undeclared [[Soviet–Japanese border conflicts]] involving the [[Soviet Union]], [[Mongolian People's Republic|Mongolia]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]] and [[Manchukuo]] in 1939. The conflict was named after the river [[Khalkhyn Gol|Khalkhin Gol]], which passes through the battlefield. In Japan, the decisive battle of the conflict is known as the {{nihongo|'''Nomonhan Incident'''|ノモンハン事件|Nomonhan jiken}} after [[Nomonhan]], a nearby village on the border between [[Mongolian People's Republic||Mongolia]] and [[Manchukuo|Manchuria]]. The battles resulted in the defeat of the Japanese Sixth Army.