Nomonhan : Japan against Russia, 1939
This text examines the undeclared war on the Mongolian plains that took place from May to September 1939 and ended with a decisive Soviet victory with two important results: Japan reoriented its strategic emphasis toward the south; and Russia freed itself from the fear of fighting on two fronts.
Print Book, English, 1985
Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 1985
2 volumes (xvi, 1253 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
9780804711609, 9780804718356, 0804711607, 0804718350
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Volume 1
The Genesis of the Kwantung army, 1905-29
To the Kwantung Army's provocation of September 1931
The Mukden incident
The creation of the Empire of Manchukuo
The Manchurian incident in retrospect
The "Marvel" of Manchukuo, 1932-37
Facing North: The problem and the "Solutions"
Rumblings on the borders
Year of crisis: 1937
A neighboring small war: Changkufeng, 1938
Of cairns and flatlands: The Western frontier
The coming of the Nomonhan war: The Mongolian connection
Japanese principals and a green division
Testing the border guidelines, May 1939
The trap on the Halha, May 1939
The two faces of escalation, June 1939
The Kwantung army's unauthorized air offensive
On to Mongolia: A bridge too poor
An authorized offensive: The Halha river crossing
Retreat from the river
Trying it with tanks
Tanks dare the night
Foiled by piano wire
The end of the Yasuoka detachment
Trying it with cold steel
Stealth suspended
Trying it with big guns
Komatsubara's last push toward the river
Digging in
Forging a second cannae: Zhukov's masterpiece, August 1939. Volume 2
The road to disaster
Desperate remedies
The charge of two light brigades
The end nears
Debacle
The death of the 23rd division
Winding down a small war
Stilling the guns
The price
The punishment
A border restored and the balance tallied
The lessons and applications of Nomonhan
To the demise of the Kwantung army