Tag: Russia and Japan 1938

NOVANEWS In 1938 Russia and Japan Fought a Massive Undeclared Border War in Which Zhukov First Made His Name At twenty to forty thousand casualties (dead and wounded combined) the Battle of Khalkin gol was bloodier than many declared wars. Michael Peck  This is a story of a battle that was, and a war that wasn't. Between 1938 and 1939, the Soviet Union and the Japanese Empire fought a series of clashes along the border between Japanese-occupied Manchuria, Russian-controlled Mongolia and the Siberian frontier near Russia's vital Pacific port of Vladivostok. The prizes were the rich resources of Manchuria, and beyond that, which of the two would be the dominant power in Northeast Asia. But even more important was the ultimate outcome of the Manchurian battles, which culminated in Pea...