Battles of Khalkhin Gol
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The <entity_2> were the decisive engagements of the undeclared <entity_0> fought among the <entity_4>, <entity_6>, <entity_8> and Manchukuo in 1939. In <entity_8>, the decisive <entity_7> of the conflict is known as the Nomonhan Incident (ノモンハン事件, Nomonhan jiken) after Nomonhan, a nearby village on the border between <entity_6> and Manchuria. In 1939, Manchuria was a puppet state of <entity_8> known as Manchukuo, and <entity_6> was a communist state allied with the <entity_4>, known as the <entity_1>. The Japanese maintained that the border between Manchukuo and <entity_6> was the <entity_5> (English "Khalkha River") which flows into Lake Buir. In 1939, the Japanese Cabinet sent instructions to the Kwantung Army to strengthen and fortify Manchukuo's borders with <entity_6> and the <entity_4>. The <entity_4> and <entity_8> agreed to a cease-fire on 15 September, which took effect the following day at 1:10 pm. The combatants remained at peace until August 1945, when the <entity_4> declared war on <entity_8> and invaded Manchukuo and other territory after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In August 1941, <entity_8> and the <entity_4> reaffirmed their neutrality pact. The <entity_7> was the first victory for the soon-to-be-famous Soviet general Georgy Zhukov, earning him the first of his four Hero of the <entity_4> awards. After the Second World War, at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, fourteen Japanese were charged by delegates of the conquering <entity_4>, with having "initiated a war of aggression ... against the <entity_1> in the area of the Khalkhin-Gol River" and also with having waged a war "in violation of international law" against the USSR. The Mongolian town of Choibalsan, in the <entity_3> where the <entity_7> was fought, is the location of the "G. K. Zhukov Museum", dedicated to Zhukov and the 1939 <entity_7>. Ulaanbaatar, <entity_6>, also has a "G. K. Zhukov Museum" with information about the <entity_7>. During the 70th, 75th and 80th anniversaries of the <entity_7> in 2009, 2014 and 2019, respectively, the President of Russia has taken part in the celebrations alongside the President of <entity_6> and Soviet and Mongolian veterans, with the celebration often coinciding with a state visit. The <entity_2> are presented in the video game War Thunder with a map of the area (as well as a historical scenario) and the possibility for players to pilot warplanes used by either side during the <entity_7>.
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