Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

Soviet–Japanese border conflicts
	Part of the interwar period (until 1939) and World War II
	; Japanese light tanks during the Battles of Khalkhin Gol
Date	1 March 1932 – 16 September 1939; (7 years, 6 months, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location	Northeast Asia (Mongolia, Primorsky Krai, Manchuria)47.7303°N 118.5900°E
Result	Soviet and Mongolian victory (1939) and Japanese defeat (1939) Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact (1941);
Belligerents
Soviet Union; Mongolia	Japan Korea; Manchukuo;
Commanders and leaders
Georgy Zhukov; Grigory Shtern; Vasili Blyukher ; Khorloogiin Choibalsan	Kenkichi Ueda; Yoshijirō Umezu; Michitaro Komatsubara
Casualties and losses
Total: 33,000 casualties (including 27,000 combat casualties) 32,000; 1,000; ; Material losses:; 350 tanks destroyed; 140 armoured cars destroyed; 211 aircraft destroyed	Total: 30,000 casualties (including 25,000 combat casualties and 5,000 non-combat casualties) 27,000; 3,000; ; Material losses:; 43 tanks destroyed; several tankettes destroyed; 162 aircraft destroyed

The Soviet–Japanese border conflicts, also known as the Soviet-Japanese Border War or the First Soviet-Japanese War or the Russo-Mongolian-Japanese Border Wars or the Soviet-Mongolian-Japanese Border Wars was a series of minor and major conflicts fought between the Soviet Union (led by Joseph Stalin), Mongolia (led by Khorloogiin Choibalsan) and Japan (led by Hirohito) in Northeast Asia from 1932 to 1939.

The Japanese expansion in Northeast China created a common border between the Japanese occupied ground and the Soviet Far East. This led to growing tensions with the Soviet Union, with both sides often violating the border and accusing each other of border violations. The Soviets and Japanese, including their respective client states of Mongolia and Manchukuo, fought in a series of escalating small border skirmishes and punitive expeditions from 1935 until Soviet-Mongolian victory over the Japanese in the Battles of Khalkhin Gol in 1939 which resolved the dispute and returned the borders to status quo ante bellum.

The Soviet–Japanese border conflicts heavily contributed to the signing of the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact in 1941.

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