Nomonhan is a small village near the border between Mongolia and Manchuria, China south of the Chinese city of Manzhouli. Extent of Manchuria according to Definition 1 (dark red), Definition 3 (dark red + medium red) and Definition 4 (dark red + medium red + light red) Manchuria (Manchu: Manju, Simplified Chinese: 满洲; Traditional Chinese: 滿洲; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a name given to a vast territorial region in northeast Asia. ... Manzhouli (Chinese: 满洲里, Mongolian: manǰuur) is a sub-prefecture-level city located in Hulunbuir prefecture-level city, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

In the summer of 1939 it was the location of the Nomonhan Incident, as it is termed in Japan, or the Battle of Khalkhin Gol as it is known in Russia and (Outer) Mongolia. At this time Manchuria was a client state of Japan, known as Manchukuo. The Japanese maintained that the border between the two states was the Halha River (also known as the Halhin Gol, or in Russian as the Khalkhin Gol), while the Mongolians and their Russian allies maintained that it ran some 16 kilometres/10 miles east of the river, just east of Nomonhan village. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Combatants RKKA IJA Commanders Strength 57,000 30,000 Casualties 6,831 killed, 15,952 wounded 8,440 killed, 8,766 wounded {{{notes}}} The Battle of Khalkhin Gol, sometimes spelled Halhin Gol or Khalkin Gol and alternately known as the Nomonhan Incident (after a nearby village) in Japan, was the... Motto: Dayar Mongol Anthem: National Anthem of Mongolia Capital Ulaanbaatar Largest city Ulaanbaatar Official language(s) Mongolian Government President Prime minister Parliamentary democracy Nambaryn Enkhbayar Miyeegombo Enkhbold Independence - Declared July 11, 1921 Area  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Water (%)   1,564,116 km² (18th) 0. ... Manchukuo (1932 to 1945) (Simplified: 满洲国; Traditional: 滿洲國; Hanyu Pinyin: ) was a former country in Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia under the leadership of the Emperor Pu Yi, who had also been the last emperor of Qing Dynasty. ...

After the battle the Manchukuo-Mongolia Commission established a border, in an agreement signed on October 15, 1941. After the war these maps were used in the war crimes trials of Japan. China later requested the maps claiming it would not accept any border established by negotiation with the Japanese; however, the maps have disappeared and have not been located in either United States or Japanese archives. The official boundary between China and Mongolia was set in treaties in 1962 and 1964. October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...