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- Sabre Rattling, Khalkhin-Gol, May 1939
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- Hirohito's Kwantung Army in Manchuria had disobeyed his direct orders in
- 1938 and caused a major incident with Russia with an unauthorized attack
- against Russian forces. The attack was finally brought to a halt by
- superior Russian numbers of armor and air power and fast political
- negotiations by the Japanese.
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- To "save face", Hirohito gave his army permission to prepare a more
- organized operation against the Russians in Mongolia near the Khalkhin-Gol
- river. The initial contact was made by a force of Inner Mongolian cavalry
- and their Japanese advisors.
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- The attack swiftly captured the village of Nomanhan just across the
- border. However the Russians were alerted and dispatched a force of
- cavalry of the Outer Mongolian People's Repulic to meet the invaders
- while and alert was sent to Moscow about the situation.
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- As Japanese commander you must deal with the Soviet forces against you,
- hold the village of Nomanhan, and capture the Soviet constabulary
- head quarters located 10 kilometers away across the Khalkhin-Gol river.
- Keith Heitmann
- dheitm8612@aol.com
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