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Location
Located to the west of Manchuria (Manchukuo), north of China and Russia to the north.
Second Communist country in the world, also formally known as the People's Republic of Mongolia. Aligned with Russia, Mongolia had a role at the start and end of the Second World War.
A border dispute with the Japan occurred in May 1939 in the far eastern portion of Mongolia at Nomohan, east of the Khalkhin Gol river. An undeclared war occurred between the Japanese Army versus Mongolian and Russian forces. Known as "Battle of Khalkhin Gol" or "Nomonhan Incident".
At the end of the WWII, a Soviet-Mongolian joint army
attacked the Japanese Army in Manchuria (Manchukuo). After
the war, Stalin handed Southern Mongolia
to China according to the Yalta treaty.
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Capital of Mongolia |
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Located in eastern Mongolia |
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Dornod |
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Located in eastern Mongolia |
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Located in eastern Mongolia |
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Third largest city in eastern Mongolia |
Nomonhan / Khalkhin Gol |
Northern Battlefield |
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Located at the eastern border of Mongolia |
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River disuputed during May - August 1939 |
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Holsten River seporating north and south battlefield |
Nomonhan / Khalkhin Gol |
Southern Battlefield |
Nigesorimot |
Lone pine hill, Japanese defensive position |
Nomonhan / Khalkhin Gol |
Western Battlefield |
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High ground west of Khalkhin Gol |
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Town on the west bank of the Khalkhin Gol |
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Lake located to the west of the battlefield |
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Last Updated
January 28, 2010
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