Battles at Khalkhin Gol. The forgotten war between the USSR and Japan, which changed the course of World War II

Why didn’t Japan attack the USSR in 1941, because in that case the Soviet Union would have been sandwiched between two fronts and could have lost the war? Instead, the Japanese decided to attack the US, which was a suicidal decision for them. The likely answer to this question is in the battles on the Khalkhin Gol River, which took place in the Mongolian steppe for four months, from May 11 to September 16, 1939. Although the conflict does not have the status of a war, in essence it was precisely a war between the Soviet-Mongolian troops and the Japanese army. The forces were unequal, but the outcome of the battles was not obvious until the very end. The Soviet troops at Khalkhin Gol were commanded by Georgy Zhukov, and his role in these events is contradictory: was he a tough but wise commander, or a reckless “butcher” who did not spare his people and overwhelmed the enemy with manpower? In a new historical video we will look at how and why the battles at Khalkhin Gol began, how they developed, and how they ended. And what would happen if Japan did attack the USSR? 00:00 Fighting at Khalkhin Gol: the undeclared war between the USSR and Japan 02:30 How the Japanese army ended up at the borders of Mongolia 05:49 Prerequisites for a clash between the USSR and Japan 08:28 How the war on Khalkhin Gol began 11:48 Why the forces of the warring parties were unequal 15:20 Results of the first major clashes between the USSR and Japan 17:54 The role of commander Georgy Zhukov in the battles at Khalkhin Gol 20:17 How the Red Army won this war 23:04 Results of the war on Khalkhin Gol 25:42 How the battles at Khalkhin Gol changed World War II Exclusive paid telegram channel: <a href="https://t.me/tribute/app?startapp=s9jK" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/tribute/app?startapp=s9jK</a> Subscribe to Patreon (non-Russian cards): <a href="https://patreon.com/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://patreon.com/kolezev</a> Subscribe to Boosty (Russian cards): <a href="https://boosty.to/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://boosty.to/kolezev</a> Donate via PayPal: kolezev.inbox@gmail.com “Weekly Kolezev” newsletter: <a href="https://kolezev.substack.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://kolezev.substack.com</a> Support with crypto: ZCash: t1NYJhjS8PTjrR8VQ5YnScVTo9StpuTKXSa USDT TRC20: TZEq5aNnu1jdgd85FTBzyyfJCqvBMX1HAG USDT ERC20: 0x92b467a0564bf96eac3eea16589841cef45fbf9a BTC: 1Mu9oGTkwdhNN7DPQ4CPXkfRA2m5UVdm7C Dash: Xhu5ZFVoXkL2AeEfmKu3sKSgDTVZa6NyDJ TON: EQBI0RRjwFE7QjN_RKj68mGc59G6z_ZpAGk5tPS_uQDWM3HQ For advertising questions: adkolezev@gmail.com And follow me on social networks: Telegram channel: <a href="https://t.me/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://t.me/kolezev</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://twitter.com/kolezev</a> Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/kolezev" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://instagram.com/kolezev</a> Help: who am I? My name is Dmitry Kolezev, I am a journalist by training, former editor-in-chief of Znak.com and Republic publications. Founder and owner of the publication ItsMyCity.Ru (Ekaterinburg). Author of the telegram channel “Kolezev” and creator of this YouTube channel. I have lived in Yekaterinburg all my life, now I am outside the Russian Federation. In Russia he was declared a foreign agent and wanted in a criminal case for publications about the war in Ukraine.