Schematic plans · The Manchurian Incident (1938-1939)
Battles of Khalkhin Gol
- 28 May – 1 September 1939
- 2 recorded engagements
The CAA Database of Battles records this battle not as one action but as 2 engagements, each between particular divisions or brigades over a few days. Each has its own schematic replay. Together they cover only the forces listed here, which may be a part of those that fought, so the totals below are for these engagements, not for the battle.
The engagements in time
Bars in the attacker's colour:JapanUSSR
Losses in these engagements
- Japan
- 11,778 lostin 2 engagements
- USSR
- 10,250 lostin 2 engagements
Strengths are not added up: the same divisions fight engagement after engagement, so a sum would count the same men many times.
The engagements
| No. | Engagement | Dates | Attacker | Defender | Losses | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nomonhan-Opening Engagement | 28 May – 30 May | Jap 64th Inf Regt(-)(+)1,300 men | Sov 11th Tk Bde(-)(+)1,228 men | 278 / 250 | Draw |
| 2. | Nomonhan-Soviet Counteroffensive | 20 Aug – 1 Sept | Sov 1st Army Group57,000 men | Jap 6th Army(-)30,000 men | 10,000 / 11,500 | USSR won |
CDB90 (US Army Concepts Analysis Agency, 1990), tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold; data under ODC-BY 1.0. Records are grouped by the Wikipedia article the edition links them to.