Nomonhan, 1939 : The Red Army's Victory That Shaped World War II
Stuart D. Goldman
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Annopolis : : Naval Institute Press, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (249 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Maps; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Legacy of the Past; 2. The Global Context; 3. Changkufeng; 4. Nomonhan: Preliminaries; 5. Nomonhan: A Lesson in Limited War; 6. Nomonhan, the Nonagression Pact, and the Outbreak of World War II; 7. Nomonhan Casts a Long Shadow; Epilouge; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author. - This is the story of a little-known Soviet-Japanese conflict that influenced the outbreak and shaped the course of the Second World War. In the summers of 1937, 1938, and 1939, Japan and the Soviet Union fought a series of border conflicts. The first was on the Amur River days before the outbreak of the 2nd Sino-Japanese War. In 1938, division-strength units fought a bloody 2-week battle at Changkufeng near the Korea-Manchuria-Soviet border. The Nomonhan conflict (May-September 1939) on the Manchurian-Mongolian frontier, was a small undeclared war, with over 100,000 troops, 500 tanks and
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| Dewey | 952.03/3 . - 940.542517
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| ISBN | 9781591143291
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