Nomonhan

47°46′24″N 118°45′24″E

Nomonhan
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese诺门罕
Traditional Chinese諾門罕
Mongolian name
Mongolian CyrillicНомонхан
Japanese name
Katakanaノモンハン

Nomonhan is a small village in Inner Mongolia, China, south of the city of Manzhouli and near the China–Mongolia border.

In the summer of 1939, it was the location of the Nomonhan Incident, as it is known in Japan, or the Battle of Khalkhin Gol, as it is known in Russia and Mongolia.

References

  • Colvin, John (1999). Nomonhan. London: Quartet Books. ISBN 0-7043-7112-X.
  • Coox, Alvin D. (1990). Nomonhan: Japan Against Russia, 1939. Stanford University Press. ISBN 978-0-8047-1835-6.
  • Goldman, Stuart D. (15 April 2012). Nomonhan, 1939: The Red Army's Victory That Shaped World War II. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-61251-098-9.


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