Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2013. Pp. xiv, 226. Illus., maps, notes, biblio., index. $19.95 paper. ISBN: 159114339X A new comprehensive account of what was arguably the most important battle of ...

In the decisive battles of the Soviet-Japanese border conflict in 1939, known in Japan as the Nomonhan Incident, the hitherto invincible Japanese Army was thoroughly defeated by the Soviet forces. The ...

From May to September 1939, the USSR and Japan fought an undeclared war involving over 100,000 troops. It may have altered world history. In the summer of 1939, Soviet and Japanese armies clashed on ...

There has been considerable media hoopla about the centennial of the outbreak of World War I. The subsequent slaughter of 16 million people was prompted by the assassination of an Austrian archduke ...

As diplomatic machinations were unfolding in Europe in 1939. The tension was growing between Germany, which was demanding Danzig from Poland, and Britain and France. Both sides wanted an alliance with ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: For all its bluster, Japan had been taught a lesson it would not forget. Or, rather, the tactical lessons would be forgotten five years later, when Japanese soldiers ...

HOHHOT, March 19 (Xinhua) -- A total of 28 unexploded bombs believed to be left by troops engaging in a 1939 war were discovered in areas near the China-Mongolia border, police said Tuesday. Border ...

From May to September 1939, the USSR and Japan fought an undeclared war involving over 100,000 troops. It may have altered world history. In the summer of 1939, Soviet and Japanese armies clashed on ...

Nomonhan 1939: The Red Army’s Victory that Shaped World War II by Stuart D. Goldman. Published by Naval Institute Press, April 2012. 288 pages, $31.95. It is always a delight to read a book that is a ...