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 ...

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 ...

In the summer of 1939, Soviet and Japanese armies clashed on the Manchurian-Mongolian frontier in a little-known conflict with far-reaching consequences. No mere border clash, this undeclared war ...

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 ...

Key Point: The battle led Japan to choose the Pacific option rather than Siberia, thus unleashing a war with America that doomed the Japanese Empire. This is a story of a battle that was, and a war ...

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 ...