Nomonhan is a small village in Inner Mongolia, China, south of the city of Manzhouli and near the China–Mongolia border.
| Nomonhan | |||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 诺门罕 | ||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 諾門罕 | ||||||||
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| Mongolian name | |||||||||
| Mongolian Cyrillic | Номонхан | ||||||||
| Japanese name | |||||||||
| Katakana | ノモンハン | ||||||||
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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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