Japanese Forces

Japanese-Soviet border clashes

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Japanese 37-mm Type 94 cannons and infantrymen in battle near the Khalkhin-Gol River. June 28, 1939. The Battles of Khalkhin Gol were the 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.