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The Battle of Lake Khasan ( July 29, 1938 – August 11, 1938) and also known as the Changkufeng Incident (張鼓峰事件) in Japan, was an attempted military incursion of Manchukuo (Japanese) into the territory claimed by the Soviet Union. This incursion was founded in the beliefs of the Japanese side that the Soviet Union misinterpreted the demarkation of the boundary based on the Treaty of Nerchinsk between Imperial Russia and China (and subsequent supplementary agreements on demarkation), and furthermore, that the demarkation markers were tampered with. July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Manchukuo was a nominally independent puppet state set up by the Empire of Japan in Manchuria (Northeastern China) which existed from 1931 to 1945. ... Nerchinsk Treaty was the first treaty between Russia and China. ... Imperial Russia is the term used to cover the period of Russian history from the expansion of Russia under Peter the Great, through the expansion of the Russian Empire from the Baltic to the Pacific Ocean, to the deposal of Nicholas II of Russia, the last tsar, at the start...

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The conflict started on July 15, 1938, when the Japanese attaché in Moscow demanded the removal of Soviet border troops from the Bezymyannaya (высота Безымянная, Chinese name: Shachaofeng) and Zaozernaya (высота Заозерная, Chinese name: Changkufeng) Hills to the West of Lake Khasan in the south of Primorye, not far from Vladivostok, claiming this territory by the Russia-Korea border. The demand was rejected. July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... An attaché is a person who is assigned to the staff of a diplomatic mission and often has special responsibilities or expertise. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Maskvá listen), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ... The Primorsky Krai (Russian: Примо́рский край), also known as Primorye (Примо́рье), is one of Russias 89 federal subjects (also referred to as members of the Federation). Krai is a term used to refer to several of Russias administrative units. ... Vladivostok Train Station Vladivostok (Russian: Владивосто́к listen ) is a city in Russia. ... Korea is a formerly unified country, situated on the Korean Peninsula in northern East Asia, bordering on China to the west and Russia to the north. ...

The first Japanese attack on July 29 was repelled, but on July 31 the Soviet troops had to retreat. Under the command of the chief of the Far East Front, Vasily Blyukher, additional forces were moved to the zone of conflict and after several engagements during August 2-9 the Japanese forces were pushed off the Soviet territory. July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... The Soviet Far East Front was a front (Soviet army group) of World War II that operated in the Far East, hence its name. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Blyukher Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (also spelled Blücher, Blukher, Bliukher etc, Russian: Василий Константинович Блюхер) (November 19, 1889 - November 9, 1938), Soviet military commander, was among the prominent victims of Stalins Great Purge of the late 1930s. ...

On August 10, the Japanese attaché asked for peace and the hostilities ceased on August 11. August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

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This incident has been mostly unnoticed in the West, since the initial aggression of Japan in Asia has traditionally not been counted into the World War II. This battle was the first defeat of the Axis Powers. However Soviet losses were significant, and the Japanese military, while taking the lesson seriously, was willing to engage with the Soviets once more, in 1939 – see Battle of Halhin Gol. World map showing location of Asia A satellite composite image of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of the continent of Eurasia, defined by subtracting the European peninsula from Eurasia. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... The Axis Powers is a term for those participants in World War II opposed to the Allies. ... The Battle of Halhin Gol, sometimes spelled Khalkhin Gol and alternately known as the Nomonhan Incident (ノモンハン事件) in Japan, was the decisive engagement of the undeclared Soviet-Japanese Border War (1939), or Japanese-Soviet War. ...

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