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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict    = Battles of Khalkhin Gol/Nomonhan
| partof      = the [[Soviet–Japanese border conflicts]]
| campaign    = 
| image       = File:Japanese soldiers creeping in front of wrecked Soviet tanks.jpg
| image_size  = 300px
| caption     = Japanese infantrymen near wrecked USSR armored vehicles, July 1939
| date        = 11 May – 16 September 1939
| place       = [[Khalkha River]], [[Mongolian People's Republic]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|47|43|49|N|118|35|24|E|type:waterbody_region:RU}}
| map_type    = Mongolia#Inner Mongolia
| map_size    = 200
| map_caption = 
| map_label   = Khalkhin Gol/Nomonhan
| casus       = 
| result      = Soviet and Mongolian victory
* Ceasefire agreement signed
| territory   = [[Status quo ante bellum]]; enforcement of border claims in accordance with the Soviet and Mongolian interpretation
| combatant1  = {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}<br />{{flag|Mongolian People's Republic|1930|name=Mongolia}}
| combatant2  = {{flag|Empire of Japan|name=Japan}}
*{{flag|Manchukuo}}
| commander1  = {{ublist|class=nowrap
|{{flagicon|USSR|1936}} [[Grigoriy Shtern]]
|{{flagicon|USSR|1936}} [[Georgy Zhukov]]
|{{flagicon|Mongolian People's Republic|1930}} [[Khorloogiin Choibalsan]]
}}
| commander2  = {{ublist|class=nowrap
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan|army}} [[Michitarō Komatsubara]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan|army}} [[Yasuoka Masaomi]]
|{{flagicon|Empire of Japan|army}} [[Kōtoku Satō]]
|{{flagicon|Manchukuo|army}} [[Urzhin Garmaev]]
}}
| strength1   = 61,860–73,961{{efn|Includes at least 57,000 Soviet{{Sfn|Kotelnikov|2010|p=109}} and 4,860 MPR personnel.<ref name="mongolnow.com">[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218215201/mongolnow.com/peresmotr_stat.html Khalkhin Gol Battle: the Revision of Statistics.] Retrieved 21 June 2015.</ref> Combined Soviet-MPR strength was possibly as high as 74,000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Classification of secrecy has been removed: losses suffered by USSR Armed Forces in wars, combat operations, and military conflicts |url=http://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/SovietLosses.pdf |publisher=Department of the Army |accessdate=6 May 2022 |date=10 August 2006}}</ref>}}<br />498–550 tanks<br />385–450 [[armored car (military)|armored cars]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=EYA4AAAAQBAJ&dq=soviet+armored+cars+at+khalkhin+gol&pg=PT107 "The Chief Culprit"], by Viktor Suvorov,</ref><ref name="Zaloga, p. 13">Zaloga, p. 13.</ref><br />900+ aircraft (participated)
* Peak strength: 580<ref name="militera.lib.ru">[http://militera.lib.ru/h/kondratyev_v/09.html V. Kondratiev, "Khalkhin Gol: War in the Air"] retrieved 3 January 2016</ref>
500<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=EYA4AAAAQBAJ&dq=soviet+armored+cars+at+khalkhin+gol&pg=PT107 "The Chief Culprit"], by Viktor Suvorov, p.{{page needed|date=September 2015}}.</ref>–634<ref name="mongolnow.com" /> artillery pieces<br />4,000 trucks{{sfn|Coox|1985|p=580}}<br />1,921 horses and camels (Mongol only)<ref>[http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/battles/khalkhin_gol/Khalkhin_cut1.pdf "The Khalkhin Gol Battle, 1939"] Retrieved 3 January 2016</ref>
| strength2   = '''c. 20,000–30,000'''<ref name="strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil">Bellamy and Lahnstein (1990) [http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/Articles/1990/1990%20bellamy%20and%20lahnstein.pdf The New Soviet Defensive Policy: Khalkhin Gol 1939 as Case Study] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211045302/http://strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/parameters/Articles/1990/1990%20bellamy%20and%20lahnstein.pdf |date=11 December 2016 }} p. 24</ref><br />73 tanks<ref name="Zaloga, p. 13" /><br />19 [[tankette]]s<br />400+ aircraft (participated)
* Peak strength: 200<ref name="militera.lib.ru" />
~300 artillery pieces<ref name="mongolnow.com" /><br />1,000 trucks{{sfn|Coox|1985|p=563}}<br />2,708 horses{{sfn|Coox|1985|p=1168}}
| casualties1 = '''Manpower:'''<br />{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1936}} 27,880{{efn|9,703 dead and missing:<ref name="M. Kolomiets 2002">M. Kolomiets ''"Boi u reki Khalkhin-Gol"'' Frontovaya Illyustratsia (2002)</ref> 15,952 wounded, 2,225 hospitalized due to disease}}<br />{{flagicon|Mongolian People's Republic|1930}} 556<ref name="armchairgeneral.com">[http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/battles/khalkhin_gol/losses.htm Soviet Losses in the Khalkhin Gol Battle.] Retrieved 21 July 2015.</ref>–990<ref name="mongolnow.com" /><br />'''Equipment:'''<br />208 aircraft<ref name="ReferenceA">Кондратьев В. Халхин-Гол: Война в воздухе. — М.: Библиотека журнала "Техники – Молодежи". Серия "Авиация", 2002. — 64 с. Тираж 1000 экз.{{ISBN|5-88573-009-1}}.</ref><br />253 tanks destroyed<ref>{{cite web |title=Soviet Losses in the Khalkhin-Gol Battle |url=http://www.armchairgeneral.com/rkkaww2/battles/khalkhin_gol/losses.htm |website=armchairgeneral.com |accessdate=6 May 2022}}</ref>{{efn|These losses break down as: 30 [[BT-7]]s, 27 BT-7RTs,2 BT-7As, 127 [[BT-5]]s, 30 BT-5RTs, 8 [[T-26]]s, 10 [[KhT-26]]S, 2 [[KhT-130]]S, and 17 [[T-37A tank|T-37s]]. This does not include tanks that only sustained light to moderate damage, or ones lost due to mechanical failure.|group=nb}}<br />133 armored cars destroyed<br />96 mortars and artillery<br />49 tractors and prime movers<br />652 trucks and other motor vehicles<ref name="M. Kolomiets 2002" /><ref name="armchairgeneral.com" /><br />significant animal casualties{{sfn|Coox|1985|p=576}}
| casualties2 = '''Manpower:'''<br />{{flagicon|Empire of Japan|army}} c. 18,000<ref>Nomonhan: Japanese-Soviet Tactical Combat, 1939. Leavenworth Papers №2. by Edward J. Drea" Combat Studies Institute, fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1981</ref><br />{{flagicon|Manchukuo|army}} 2,895{{efn|Japanese claim: 8,440 killed, 8,766 wounded<br />Soviet claim:60,000 killed and wounded, 3,000 captured<ref name="Glantz">Glantz, David M.; and House, Jonathan. ''When Titans Clashed: How the Red Army Stopped Hitler''. Lawrence, KS: UP of Kansas, 1995. ISBN 0-7006-0899-0 p. 14.</ref><br />'''Equipment:'''<br />160 aircraft<ref name="ReferenceA" /><br />29 tanks destroyed or crippled<ref name="Zaloga, p. 13" /><br />Many tankettes destroyed<br />72 artillery pieces (field guns only){{sfn|Coox|1985|p=987}}<br />2,330 horses killed, injured, or sick{{sfn|Coox|1985|p=1168}}<br />significant motor vehicle losses<ref>Coox, "Nomonhan: Japan against Russia" There are multiple accounts of Japanese trucks being knocked out by Soviet artillery and aviation, as well as losses due to mechanical failures or environmental hazards.</ref>
| notes:
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The '''Battle of Khalkhin Gol''' was a battle that was fought between the [[Soviet Union]] and [[Mongolia]], against [[Japan]]. This battle was fought in [[Manchuria]], located in the northeast of [[China]]. The battles happened from 11 May 1939 to 16 September 1939. The Soviets and Mongolians won the battles.

The battle was named after a river located on the battlefield called [[Khalkhin Gol]].

== References ==
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== Sources ==
* {{cite book |last=Coox |first=Alvin D. |author-link=Alvin Coox |date=1985 |title=Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia, 1939 |others=Two volumes |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |isbn=0-8047-1160-7}}
* {{cite book |last=Kotelnikov |first=Vladimir R. |date=2010 |title=Air War Over Khalkhin Gol, The Nomonhan Incident |publisher=SAM publications |isbn=978-1-906959-23-4}}
* {{Cite book |last=Zaloga |first=Steven J. |date=2007 |title=Japanese Tanks 1939–45 |publisher=Osprey |isbn=978-1-84603-091-8}}

== Notes ==
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[[Category:1930s in Japan]]
[[Category:20th century in Mongolia]]
[[Category:1930s in the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:1939 in Asia]]
[[Category:Battles involving Japan|Khalkhin Gol]]
[[Category:Battles involving the Soviet Union|Khalkhin Gol]]
[[Category:History of Mongolia|Khalkhin Gol]]


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