Red Star, Red Sun

In May 1939, a dispute broke out over the boundary between Soviet-controlled Outer Mongolia and Japanese-held Manchuria. After a Soviet and Mongolian combined-arms force virtually annihilated a Japanese recon party, the heavily reinforced 23rd Infantry Division mounted a full-scale offensive in July.The first rate but untested 2nd Battalion of …

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In May 1939, a dispute broke out over the boundary between Soviet-controlled Outer Mongolia and Japanese-held Manchuria. After a Soviet and Mongolian combined-arms force virtually annihilated a Japanese recon party, the heavily reinforced 23rd Infantry Division mounted a full-scale offensive in July.The first rate but untested 2nd Battalion of the 28th Infantry Regiment pushed forward against scattered Soviet opposition. But the next day its advance was slowed by the appearance of Russian reinforcements and heavy defensive artillery fire. By noon the battalion was pinned down, and orders came in to dig in and hold until nightfall. Even as the orders were being received, the Soviets counterattacked.

Nomonhan, Mongolia

The Battles of Khalkhin Gol were the decisive engagements of the undeclared Soviet–Japanese border conflicts fought among the Soviet Union, Mongolia, Japan and Manchukuo in 1939. The conflict was named after the river Khalkhin Gol, which passes through the battlefield. In Japan, the decisive battle of the conflict is known as the Nomonhan Incident after Nomonhan, a nearby village on the border between Mongolia and Manchuria. The battles resulted in the defeat of the Japanese Sixth Army.

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