Battle of Khalkhin Gol 1939 - Soviet-Japanese War DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

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[@Jodonho]

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[@truthissacred]

Do you have patreon, kings and generals? Also great video!

[@burakbakioglu7487]

What was the reason?

[@LightxHeaven]

@@lamogio047 Because KZbin demonitizes anything to do with wars, whether it's simply a informational historical video or not.

[@alexeidragunov4534]

Always , bloddy well done , this is my favorite channel:)

[@aage3060]

I am Mongolian. My grandfather participated in this 1939's war as well as 1945's Soviet Japanese war in Manchuria. He was in reconnaissance unit, personally capturing Japanese soldiers and officers as well as equipment in both wars.

[@apanasiusergalla]

Glory to your grandfather, bro

[@aage3060]

@@apanasiusergalla Спасибо большое братец за твои слова а также вашим предкам за все сделанное для нашей страны. С минувшим праздником Победы!

[@nekonohige2]

Excuse me but Japan did not have a war with the Soviet in 1945. It was the unilateral invasion by the Soviet to the Japanese territory, violating the international treat between 2 nations, just a few days before Japanese surrender to the US. There was little soldier and weapons in the Japanese side but the Soviet invaded rapidly. Japan still now regarded this as robberies. The other Soviet invasion from the north islands, Shumushu islands was completely defeated the Japanese army stationed in the island which was fully equipped.

[@mdokuch96]

@@aage3060 и тебя с прошедшим праздником, камрад. Спасибо за все, что вы тогда для нас и фронта сделали.

[@nekonohige2]

@u wot? Simply because Japanese side denies that this was a war since the Soviet invaded Japanese territory on August 9, just one week before the Japanese surrender to the WWII, when Japanese army in Manchuria had very little weapons and bullets. All of the excellent army units and weapons were brought to the Pacific islands or South East Asian. Moreover, on August 15, Tokyo government ordered cease of military actions to all Japanese army/navy forces. In Japan, August 15 is the memorial day of war ending. But the Soviet continued its invasion to capture as many as territory. Japan had no capacity to fight back and stopped warfare but the Soviet unilaterally invaded and took the land and lives of so many people. many Japanese even now say this is the robbery and not the war. Soviet also invaded Finland and took large territory and lives of people. Soviet also invaded Mongolia and pressed the freedom of Mongolian people. And long before, Russia took the land from China by force. Many people in the world now realize that Stalin was almost the same criminal as Hitler.

[@jxsj2539]

Japan : Hey mongol remember divine wind? Mongolia : Yeah, we have divine wind too called Soviet army

[@thekhans2823]

lol

[@zilzap6440]

Divine march

[@thethirdman225]

The Red Army.

[@aslambhatti8932]

Divine march that is hell march for foes

[@destubae3271]

дivine winд

[@tf2664]

I have never seen such an in depth look at this battle

[@serenemountain6769]

birds eye view ...

[@davidhuang2895]

You should check out TIK's channel

[@mevlanisufi2100]

When people say "Why the Japan didn't invade USSR from the East while the germans were at the gates of Stalingrad?". This is WHY.

[@douglassantet647]

Japan was put in it's place

[@songsong2888]

You do think they really can not invade this position after this battle ? It’s not easy and simple like that .

[@jackli2198]

Japan's fear of Soviets army was amplified after this conflict as they were mortally shocked by waves of tanks charge, while Bolsheviks march broadcast like L'Internationale and White Army, Black Baron implanted tumours on each fleeing soldier, harassed then decimated their courage.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

Because they were in the middle of a 5 year non-aggression treaty with the Soviet Union that didn't expire until 1946. The same treaty kept the Soviets out of the war in Asia and allowed them to move troops west.

[@marrvynswillames4975]

the other reason was the lack of need, to the IJN invading Burma and Indonesia was way better than spending the war helping the IJA in the middle of nowhere. after all, the germans didn't lift an finger to help japan against ussr, why would they help the germans?

[@amka406]

My great grandfather fought there as a radio operator for the mongolian army (the tiny local museum still has his equipment on display). He never talked about it and as i grew older i got more curious and did some research over the years. As one of the first major engagements with some cavalry, infantry, tank, artillery and airplane envolement on a larger scale, this battle allowed a glimpse on what was yet to come. Zhukov and Shtern have learnt a lot from this incident and it would help to thwart the germans later on. Too bad Shtern got executed during the purges later on, he was an military advisor in SPain during the civil-war and was generally competent in recognizing and utilizing the new form of warfare.

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

Just noticed Stalin left no high rank Jewish generals. He was suspicious that all were Trotskyists.

[@johnalexander651]

​@@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu There were three I believe: Yakov Kreizer, Semyon Krivoshein, and Mikhail Girshovich that remained. It's really disappointing also how those that managed to survive everything and achieve so much yet were then demoted, imprisoned, exiled, or killed after the war by Stalin's, Khrushchev's, or Brezhnev's orders solely on the basis of being Jewish.

[@mangudaimonger8915]

ta mongol hun aa?

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

@@johnalexander651 Brezhnev?? He even didn't touch Soljenitzin. And Khrushev??

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

@@johnalexander651 Thanks for the answer. That's amazing you remember those names. I just checked their rank. Kreizer and Krivoshein ware generals-major by the 1941 , Grishovich recieved his first general rank in 1944. I recalled only Lev Mekhlis only was General of Army but he was a commissar.

[@khangushka]

In Mongolia, Георгий Константинович Жуков (Marshall Georgy Zhukov) is really respected and there are few his monuments which were built during the Socialist era of Mongolia.

[@jungleknifetrader715]

how many mongolians are watching this video..

[@Красиваясоветскаядевушка]

We need back the socialist era of mongolia and the USSR

[@sansan2591]

@@Красиваясоветскаядевушка nope 🙅🏻 almost half of Mongolians hates communism and ussr number is increasing day by day

[@Красиваясоветскаядевушка]

@@sansan2591 Only capitalist propaganda

[@west_park7993]

@@Красиваясоветскаядевушка The Fascist propaganda comes from Kremlin these days.

[@pepehermit7762]

Wow... As a mongolian i have to say i'm really impressed how detailed and accurate it was. Next time can you cover Soviet invasion of Manchuria? It would be awesome. Cheers mate!

[@nurdauletsuleimenov8217]

The word invasion is not very accurate,i think. What about liberation?

[@pepehermit7762]

@@nurdauletsuleimenov8217 Yeah, that can work. Even in mongolia we say "liberation war". But i used "invasion" because the mainstream calls it that way.(mostly western)

[@sodinc]

@@pepehermit7762 i think invasion can be used in military sence, but with understanding that it was liberation in a geo-political sence

[@luvsandamdindelgerdavaa4310]

@@pepehermit7762 liberation war is different than the battle of khalkhin gol. The battle of khalkhin gol was in 1939 and the liberation war was in 1945. Mongolian army liberated Inner mongolia and marched till the chinese walls.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

@@luvsandamdindelgerdavaa4310 It's unfortunate China still occupied Inner Mongolia in the end...

[@Just0wnedEsport]

Zhukov is honored as a national hero in Mongolia

[@shadow4force]

@u wot? nope

[@fabiankrakowski4656]

Hah nice joke

[@Chadler1]

​@@shadow4forceahh floch

[@mok-cb6no]

American crying 😂😂😂​@@fabiankrakowski4656

[@No-de6wt]

lol

[@Rugged-Mongol]

*16:54** - "Two Mongolian cavalry divisions." Me, as a Mongol, "Oh yeah, doing what we do best."*

[@zolboobayarulziisaikhan561]

8th Motor unit geed baigaa Mongoliinx baisan baix shvv. Nisex xvchintee, motor rifle divisiontee baisan.

[@tugsuutugsbayr7628]

​@zolboobayarulziis aikhan561 ххааа байсан 2

[@HistoryDose]

Personally, I think KZbin does a wonderful job at discouraging educational content and encouraging the production of valuable videos with titles like, "I PRANKED MY GF for $30K (24 HRS) (GONE WRONG)"

[@imlivingunderyourbed7845]

But... but history isn't child friendly

[@LusCrowley]

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[@saltgamer7895]

(GONE SEXUAL AT 3 AM in the HOOD! INSANE!!!??!?)*

[@punishedjesus8260]

(MUST WATCH) GONE SEXUAL

[@destubae3271]

@@LusCrowley KZbin panders to advertisers that want to avoid any controversy whatsoever, that's why. Everything needs to be saccharin sweet, politically aligned, harmless, and g-rated, pg at best.

[@rumatadestora]

My grandfather was a commander of a USSR mortar division during these actions but he never talked about it. Cheers!

[@MrRjh63]

Did he stay in the east of get sent westward in the 1941 winter offensive?

[@cyrilchui2811]

What was a mortar division? Light infantry division with plenty of mortar companies in support?

[@aisir3725]

@@cyrilchui2811 pretty sure he meant battalion, artillery battalions are called "divizion" in russian

[@rumatadestora]

@@MrRjh63 sorry, I don't know. He never talked about it in detail, and I can't ask since he is dead for many years now

[@rumatadestora]

@@aisir3725 right you are

[@javkhlanenkhbaatar3843]

japan: Hey mongol, what do you have to protect yourself? Mongolia: samurai, in fact we have a friend who wanna have a rematch.

[@generaltom6850]

They also wanted a rematch, after they failed to invade Japan they were sure gonna win this battle.

[@lucasbishop8437]

This was the battle that saw Zhukov get his first of his four hero of the Soviet Union medals

[@nguyenhabinh5713]

Japan: This will be easy as 1905 Zhukov: hold my vodka

[@MrCristianposso]

Funny, even though they won the Japanese bankroupted themselves for the war, the British had to rescue them.

@Klaidi Rubiku What facade would that be?

[@hajime2k]

@Klaidi Rubiku Care to explain how Japan conquered Malaya and Singapore? That was arguably the most spectacular Axis victory in the whole war.... and Britain's worst defeat ever. Tsuji was brilliant in bombing the Russian air field, but restrained by know-nothing bureaucrats. He later was a key architect in prepping the Japanese invasion of Malaya and Singapore.

[@ahmadniam3568]

1905 is not easy

[@jvtagle]

*my jacket

[@aidabagirova4933]

The battle at Lake Hassan and Khalkhin Gol played an important role on the eve of World War II. KnG, good analysis and interesting video. Thanks!

[@emperordio7671]

Mongolian army fighting beggins in 1935 - 1946

[@donaldmackerer9032]

I agree. Is there any film footage of those battles? That would be very interesting to see.

[@vadimandreev8570]

Few people know that Mongolia was the first country to officially declare support for the Soviet Union after the start of the great Patriotic war. The meeting of the Presidium of the people's Hural and the Central Committee of the Mongolian people's revolutionary party was held on the first day of the war, June 22, 1941. It was unanimously decided to provide all-round assistance to the Soviet people in the fight against fascism. Mongolia helped the Soviet Union, first of all, with commodity supplies. Very important help was the transfer of 500,000 Mongolian horses to the USSR-strong, hardy, unpretentious animals. An entire tank column was built with funds raised by the citizens of Mongolia! Further - more! The Mongols transferred more than 2.5 million rubles and over 300 kg of gold to the Vneshtorgbank of the USSR. With these funds, the Mongol Arat aviation squadron was built.Mongolia supplied the USSR with more wool and meat than the United States under lend-lease! Here is a list of what was sent in one of the echelons from Mongolia to the USSR in November 1942: "Fur coats - 30,115 PCs.; felt boots - 30,500 pairs; fur mittens - 31,257 pairs; fur vests - 31,090 PCs.; soldier belts - 33,300 PCs.; woolen sweatshirts - 2,290 PCs.; fur blankets - 2,011 PCs.; berry jam - 12,954 kg; Gazelle carcasses - 26,758 PCs.; meat - 316,000 kg; individual parcels - 22,176 PCs.; sausage - 84,800 kg; oil - 92,000 kg." there were dozens of echelons! Several thousand volunteers from Mongolia fought in the red Army. Using their skills as hunters or riders, they became snipers, scouts, or fought in cavalry units

[@Strollerist]

xaxaxaxaxaxaxaxaxa. That was only a fraction of expenses for the great war. It would not really matter much.

[@billybayaraa]

@@Strollerist yeah and it helped more soldiers not to starve and freeze to death in the winter. Imagine being this dense

[@KenkyushaK]

After the defeating Japanese from their country Mongolia provided supplies and raw materials to the Soviet military, and financed several units, for example, the "Revolutionary Mongolia" Tank Brigade and "Mongolian Arat" Squadron and half a million military horses. Also, more than 300 Mongolian volunteer military personnel fought in the Eastern front. Engagements: Battle of Moscow Battle of Kursk Zhitomir-Berdichev Offensive Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket Lvov-Sandomierz Offensive Vistula-Oder Offensive East Pomeranian Offensive Berlin Offensive.

[@honestbaguette]

Great breakdown! Sadly you didn't really talk about the challenge it was to bring so many troops there for the Soviets, neither about how Zhukov masterfully used disinformation to hide his actual movements and numbers and give it both time and the effect of surprise when the day came to attack. It looks like a testing ground for how he dealt with Stalingrad.

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

Thanks for very interesting comment. Did you notice that Stalin purged all Jewish high rank generals like Stern and Smushkevich? Stalin probably didn't trust them.

[@jean-louispech4921]

@@Dexusaz stalin had trust in one man after the german-soviet pact : hitler ...

[@guestimator121]

@@jean-louispech4921 Stalin tried to form anti-Hitler coalition before Nazis invaded Czechoslovakia, begged the Brits, French and they didn't want it. Poland refused to allow Soviet troops to pass to Czechoslovakia as well, because they were interested in annexing parts of it, which they did when they signed a pact with Hitler.

[@skysamurai4649]

@@guestimator121 please watch TIK's video on this topic "Did Poland bring on her own Destruction in 1939 because of her Aggressive Foreign Policy?". What you just said is a distortion of history and shouldn't be used as an argument.

[@Varun37251]

@@skysamurai4649 Poland itself invaded the Soviets during the Russian civil war and took land. Russia was taking that land back, same as how the Polish took part of Czechoslovakia back.

[@umarus2]

You know that enemy is really screwed when Zhukov comes to command!

[@andrewroberts1082]

above all the soviet soldiers were screwed when he took the command

[@monsiercochrane77]

Resque

[@leonardpearlman4017]

Well, we know NOW!

[@wolfgangpagel6989]

Only if he has overwhelming forces.

[@umarus2]

@@wolfgangpagel6989 Zhukov was head above others. Proved many many times. He could gather overwhelming forces in correct areas, Napoleon's strategy.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Zhukov on the Japanese crossed the river: Bloody hell...

[@fujisan92]

Yes Finally, something about Soviet-Japanese skirmishes on the onset of the second world war. Thanks for the video

[@billyb501stlegion5]

@Xray Paul 75% of the work that took to defeat the nazis was done by Russia. No way the allies could of beat Germany on the western front if Russia hadn't pushed the east front straight to Berlin

[@billyb501stlegion5]

@Xray Paul nope

[@billyb501stlegion5]

@Xray Paul it was Western Allies' extreme good fortune that the Russians, and not themselves, paid almost the entire 'butcher's bill' for defeating Nazi Germany'. WW2 was basically all about the Eastern Front, just to let you know that around ~88% of German casualties during the whole WW2 were in the Eastern Front. Now, when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union there was no Western Front the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Norway, Yugoslavia, Greece, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Denmark had fallen to the German Army. Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, Italy, joined the Axis. Finland, they didn’t join Axis but were fighting alongside them during operation Barbarossa. Nationalist Spain, already devastated by a war, supplied the Axis during WW2 as gratitude for the help they’ve received from the Axis Powers in the civil war. Sweden was cooperating with Germany by selling materials such as steel, coal. And then we have the UK, that was hardly making it through (even with the American supplies) there was no way they could invaded Europe alone, Germany had an U-boat siege that had the UK starve, all they could do was to defend themselves in case Germany decided to carry out the Operation Sea Lion. And before you bring the Air bombings the Allies carried out in West, that didn't impacted German production at all.

[@billyb501stlegion5]

@Xray Paul While about the allies invasions such as D-Day, they happend only once Soviet Union turned the tides of war and the Axis started losing the war, meanwhile USSR had the Operation Bagration ongoing. in which the Soviet Union liberated the whole Eastern Bloc before the Allies were even done liberating only France, and not just that, don’t forget the few Germans that were fighting the Allies were surrendering while the ones fighting the USSR continued fighting. end, the only thing the allies did was to speed up the ending of WW2 since without their invasion, I doubt the USSR would have stopped at Berlin.

[@billyb501stlegion5]

@Xray Paul so again in conclusion allies couldn't do crap if it wasn't for ussr

[@ronniecoleman2342]

Zhukov had the genius of a panzer general, the ruthlessness of a Russian marshal, the courage of a Japanese samurai, the ego of an American, and the stubbornness of an English Duke.

[@RodolfoGaming]

And the determination of a chinese warlord

[@crispybacon9917]

and still would've lost if not for american industry

[@ronniecoleman2342]

@crispybacon9917 maybe not lost, but never would have made those huge 1944 advances. Would have been stalemate.

[@crispybacon9917]

@@ronniecoleman2342 mm, zhukov said himself the soviet army was crushed in 1941 and only survived because of american lend lease, although winter was quick to prevent tank movements and german supply lines were very extended. I think the germans could've encircled and perhaps taken moscow, maybe even leningrad, I think it's possible but implausible the germans could've made it to the caucuses. I think if the americans hadn't helped the british would have bombed oil fields in the caucuses and the war probably wouldn't have changed much

[@aurelian2668]

​@@crispybacon9917 yeah but that isnt a lack of skill, but soviet industry.

[@WhalePolarizer]

My great grandfather fought in this battle. Thank you so much for this documentary!

[@WhalePolarizer]

Once my great grandfather got injured he was treated by the doctor of Blyukher

[@pascal9055]

The moment I heard Zhukov, I thought "GG Japan..."

[@Yuuphonixx]

I felt exactly the same. I knew it was over when I heard Georgy Zhukov.

[@angelamagnus6615]

I believe Khalkhin Gol is an impressive victory by the Soviets. First the Japanese have rather skilled and motivated soldiers despite inferior equipment. Remember Japanese victory over Imperial Russia and later, Western allies in Pacific war. Second, the skirmish took place faraway from Russian heartland in Europe, whereas Tokyo is relatively nearby. So it is not easy to manoeuvre large armored forces in Siberia and execute a pincer movement.

[@waynesmith3754]

JAPANESE TANKS were JUNK

[@angelamagnus6615]

@@waynesmith3754 same as Soviet bt light tanks

[@jean-louispech4921]

@@angelamagnus6615 But USSR army was not all about light tanks , they had heavy tanks. Japanese army was not about big ground battles , this is why against the red army they were loosing at the end.

[@angelamagnus6615]

@@jean-louispech4921 i doubt the Japanese army was any less competent. They fought a long war in China and then against the western allies in pacific. If anything they are tactical, resourceful and brave.

[@jean-louispech4921]

@@angelamagnus6615 Well all is in previous message. Just look how USSR has crushed in china, after the war against the other most stronger Land army. Nothing like Kousk againt japaneses.

[@AsiniusNaso]

The most important battle you’ve never heard of.

[@vasilijpupkin3681]

Maybe just you

[@ivantraminiev8470]

@Marcus-Aerilius Maximus Without the Allies USSR would have been defeated. It came very close

[@BB4liffe]

Indeed, very under rated, but strategically and historically significant.

[@ivantraminiev8470]

See also what Zhukov said about the crucial role of allied gun powder Also the mediocre soviet trucks made that in the post Stalingrad offensive Soviet tanks let Infantry and Artillery far behind. They suffered heavy losses and later Manstein crushed their depleted ranks. In 1945 tanks armies had excellent Studebaker trucks and when meeting antitank tanks just stopped and let infantry and artillery deal with them. Rinse and repeat. until you are in Berlin

[@abotz5396]

@@ivantraminiev8470 the american lend lease was only the 4% of the soviet needs

[@alfredthegreat5452]

When you fight soviet Russia, entire enemy divisions come out of nowhere.

[@allesarfint]

They grow out of the soil irrigated with vodka of mother Russia

[@abhimanyu3505]

@@allesarfint No truer words Said.

[@apc9714]

@Byzantium How hoi4 players relate to real wars

[@yegorperepelytsya7812]

Byzantium field hospitals ? Nyet Scrapping the barrel ? Da

[@shruk4]

People often say that Soviets won because they just charged and had an infinite supply of men. But in reality they were just really could at concentrating troops on tactically important areas.

[@NenekAtuk89]

The campaign against the Japanese saved Zhukov's life from being purged by NKVD and the following victory brought Zhukov to Stalin's attention. From there on, Stalin found out Zhukov was the only one who truly understood him by being straight-forward rather than a lackey.

[@uchihasendo219]

There is a statue and museum of G.Zhukov in Mongolia/Ulaanbaatar.

[@wolfgangtro6878]

+Bus station :)

[@eyelander]

@@wolfgangtro6878 lmao true

[@Tsukiko.97]

Damn, I haven't been on this channel in over a year. Can't wait to dive in all the new content since!

[@kaizermierkrazy6886]

Welcome back :)

[@cloudridermrbliss7085]

I just found this channel and loving it

[@Qwerty-uu6in]

My Grandfather fought in this battle for Soviets.

[@BB4liffe]

Your Grandfather is my Hero. Will be eternally grateful for their sacrifice.

[@bayar0322]

Thank you for your gandfather's sacrifices for our country.

[@xabtthenomadic8956]

Same but, my comment doesnt have like.

[@hispanicguy8028]

Xabt The Nomadic here you go

[@WhalePolarizer]

My great grandfather too!

[@marinusvonzilio9628]

Slight mistake, the Kwantung Army was not a "quasi-independent military force", nor was it created in the period depicted here. It was first established all the way back in 1906 as part of the regular army, expanded in 1919 into a full army group and as such existed until the end of WWII. It was stationed primarily in Korea, but divisions would occasionally get detached and sent to other fronts. It was one of the biggest military formations of the Imperial Army and had a reputation of an elite force. Being an officer in the Kwantung Army carried considerable prestige and many higher ups in the Japanese military came from its ranks (including Tojo). What you are referring to, probably, with that "quasi-independent" is a cultural phenomena unique to Japan, called gekokujou. Gekokujou is an act of disobedience, rebellion against one's superiors, but not against the state itself. Army and navy officers would commit acts of terrorism and assassinations against their own commanding officers and government officials whom they deemed corrupt. It was an act of disobedience against the "corrupt" forces within the state, it was ultimately committed for said state (temporary disloyalty as an act of actual loyalty), and it was never directed against the Emperor. The whole thing was usually small in scale, including only a handful of officers at best, but the Kwantung Army was notable for pulling off the only truly grand-scale gekokujou in history, namely, when they conquered Manchuria. What people tend to forget is that the Japanese government had no intention of invading Manchuria, the whole operation was masterminded and carried out by two colonels in Korea, Itagaki and Ishiwara. They basically hijacked the Kwantung Army using a well-developed network of fellow officers and steamrolled over Manchuria. They and their co-conspirators believed that a well-developed Manchuria under Japanese control, with its natural resources and labour potential, would serve as a shield against the spread of communism in East Asia (the biggest fear in Japanese minds at the time) and would help Japan recover from the deep economic crisis that paralysed the nation. Tokyo was bewildered when the conquest started, the Imperial General Staff issuing order after order for the units in the field to stop their advance. The officers of the Kwantung Army disregarded all instructions to halt their offensive (ordinary soldiers had no idea they were being used in an illegal operation). The government even feared that the Kwantung Army would declare independence, an insinuation that deeply insulted General Honjo, the commander-in-chief of the army group (though in the whole Manchuria Incident he handed over the reins to his subordinates, Itagaki and Ishiwara). By the time dust had settled the whole thing was over and the government in Tokyo was presented with the conquest of Manchuria as an accomplished fact. Even then the government refused to acknowledge this act of aggression, so the enraged army officers committed yet another gekokujou and assassinated Prime Minister Inukai. After that the conquest was accepted by Tokyo. Both Itagaki and Ishiwara would later rise to the rank of generals, and although General Honjo was relieved of his post as the commander of the Kwantung Army (for insubordination), he kept his rank, received the highest military honours, and even gained a seat in the Supreme War Council.

[@marinusvonzilio9628]

Also, I forgot to mention, but the "corrupt" military officers and civilian officials who tended to get assassinated during various gekokujou incidents were in most cases not actually corrupt, they just opposed the militarist factions within the Imperial Army and Navy.

[@Seraphil1]

Gekokujo is another stark reminder that Japan modernized EXTREMELY fast; they went from a feudal samurai society to a modern industrial power in the span of a single generation and didn't have the same societal experiences of growth and civil change that would have tempered concepts like gekokujo and "honor in death" the way many countries in the West did via periods like the Renaissance. Men who were the typical example of the Edo-era samurai were senior officers by the time of the Russo-Japanese War while their sons, still raised on very similar mindsets and morals, were in the first World War and the years of Japanese Imperial expansion leading up to WWII.

[@sodinc]

similar thing has happened with russian army in central asia officers there have taken southern part of it up to the border with afghanistan without permission or intention of the central government it was presented by this officers as an accidental assault of the city after some skirmish with few thousands local raiders government was not happy with it, but was not ready to just let new famous heroes die and later has sent reinforcement

[@daveanderson3805]

Thanks for the comment It has explained a lot about the IJA in the years before Japan's entry into WW2

[@Zujitsu]

That's an interesting concept and a convenient way of framing Japan's imperialism by just blaming it on a "few insubordinate militarists." The fact that the conspirators were not penalized whatsoever and actually received honours seems to support the idea that it's excusatory. The whole thing seems overtly revisionist.

[@banishedfromars]

I've learned so much about the Russo Japanese wars from this channel and others like it . It's amazing how long they fought each other for.

[@LCMhistory]

Thank you for this video... Very detailed! Great inspiration for my future brickfilm

[@kaizermierkrazy6886]

Yes Thank you! I've been wanting more poeple to talk about USSR-Japanese border wars. Very well made

[@musicc5024]

Japan: We did it once it should work again. Soviets: Well you see in soviet Russia...

[@tov.vladimirlenin]

Ura!!!

[@Bayard1503]

@@saint_matthias When it comes to Russian society? Sure. But from a foreign political sense you can barely see any difference.. the same imperialistic aggressive attitude.

[@sevadakhudaverdyan82]

@Christian Maravillas USSR and Soviet Russia is two different things

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@sevadakhudaverdyan82 Tsar Nicholas II v. Stalin... BIG difference!

[@Ake-TL]

Vlad Cirus you can, Russia could be allies with other strong nations, but everyone wanted USSSR gone

[@ciscof4041]

I love these channels that publish lesser known battles with good illustration, great mapping, good narrating, and excellent graphics. Keep up the great videos!

[@crazyviking24]

This actually explained a lot for me regarding various decisions made later in the war. I always wondered why Japan never risked attacking the Soviet Union in partnership with Germany. Thank you for these videos that you post. I actually love watching and rewatching them.

[@mevlanisufi2100]

Next: Soviet Invasion of Manchuria 1945.

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

Why invasion?? Soviets liberated Manchuria for China.

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

@Klaidi Rubiku friend, Blukher was bitten to death by NKVD back in 1938. Vasilevsky commanded the liberation of Manchuria.

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

١٩٧٩ on the line That’s not true. Like at all. The Kwantung Army was composed of 713’000 soldiers while the troops occupying the Pacific Area were much more than that. The Philippines campaign, Solomon Island campaign and the New Guinea Campaign already trumps that number.

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

@@ontheline3077 Со мною вместе в камере находилась арестованная Кольчугина-Блюхер [вторая жена Блюхера]… Я узнала об очной ставке ее с маршалом Блюхером. Кольчугина-Блюхер сказала, что Блюхер был до неузнаваемости избит и находился почти в невменяемом состоянии. Он наговаривал на себя чудовищные вещи. Блюхер был в растерзанном виде; он выглядел так, как будто побывал под танком… - Великанов Н. Т. Блюхер. -

[@bringbackmy90s]

@Ib Igne Soviets did not liberate Manchuria "for" China, but against China (Republic of China) in order to establish their own sattelites like North Korea and Mao's red guards to control

[@johnthegreats1767]

And the following morning, Germany would start the invasion of Poland...

[@bigfish92672]

Two days after the cease-fire with Japan, the USSR followed suit in Poland

[@minhluonglehoang8679]

@@levinng2004 not really lol the Japanese are nowhere near the industrial capacity and military readiness for total war. Their army still rely on Limited objective war to achieve success just like 1904. They can't finish off the Chinese for exactly that reason, they are not ready. Opening a Siberian front will do absolutely nothing for them.

[@jonvro4022]

Sam Never would that work. China was having huge problems with the Chinese and Americans. Why would they need a 3rd front?

[@jimmyjones9775]

Minh Lương Lê Hoàng You’re not wrong, but I do think they had the capability to take and hold Kaliningrad, which would at least be a setback for the Soviets.

[@soulnokami3311]

@@jimmyjones9775 Kaliningrad is the ex german provine of konigsberg. You mb talking about Vladivastok

[@denzh6980]

Even in the worst times of battle of Moscow, and after ... about one third of soviet army forces still guard the japan border... so it is not only about Japanese honor the treaty, but also about soviet forces still guarding the eastern borders...

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

Den Zh The Soviets built up a force of 1.5 million men before invading Manchuria while the troops in the Eastern Front ( European Theater ) exceeded 6.7 Million men. That’s 22% or little more than one fifth. So, no, the USSR didn’t have 1/3 of their army there when they invaded, let alone when they were just guarding the border.

[@curtisshaw1370]

Don't forget about Richard Sorge. He had warned the Soviet Union about Barbarossa and been ignored. Still, that meant when he told Moscow that Japan was looking to the south and had no plans to attack the Soviet Union in late 1941, Stalin believed him and transferred a huge number of troops-28 divisions-from Siberia to the West. These troops played a critical role in the defense of Moscow and the subsequent Soviet counterattack.

[@podemosurss8316]

@@curtisshaw1370 Those transfered divisions were replaced by newly raised divisions that were sent to the east, though.

[@denzh6980]

@@LuisBrito-ly1ko Ok. I checked it, I remebered it wrong by numbers, but the main idea is not wrong! The Soviets have still formidable force guarding east border whole war at Europe. But still from 1941 to 1944 on japan-soviet border USSR have about 1.1 million men to 1.3 milion men (also planes and tanks, but most of them obsolete) not from European Theater!

[@denzh6980]

@@curtisshaw1370 Agree too, but they still have to keep formidable force to keep in check the Japanese... P.S. And they have more info about german attack, not only from Sorge, but we cant predcit how they see situation from that time... they have pro and contra clues ... and sit between, after western appeasment politics they where, too much carefull...

[@lcentaurel1718]

Finally, a perfect video about this unknown conflict. Thank you a lot, that's what i'm seeking for since a long time.

[@Golden_Age_Flash_]

It should be titled: "The Forgotten Battle" And what a battle it was! Really insightful research Thanks for sharing!

[@ДмитрийЛевыкин-н4р]

In these August days at the talks in Moscow England in fact refused to sign a military pact with the USSR and having a war with Japan Russia had to sign a non aggression pact with Germany. When I hear people blaming Russia for the pact with Germany, they are judging with their post-knowledge. In August 1939 it was absolutely unclear, if we are going to have a war against Germany with England as an ally or England will team up with Hitler as they did in Munich 1938 to invade USSR. I completely understand the USSR leadership who wanted to avoid a war on two fronts. In fact English reluctance to pact with "bolsheviks" paved the way to second world war. It's very sad that some European politicians are trying to drive the attention away from the whole situation that led to the WW2, concentrating on the Soviet-German relationship. The failure of the Soviet-English-French talks in Moscow in August 1939 led to the outbreak of the war on 1 September.

[@ДмитрийЛевыкин-н4р]

​@@ReichLife Another apologist of the Western imperialism, who denies that both WW1 and WW2 were conflicts caused by the capitalism itself - as conflicts between imperialist blocks whereas in the WW2 the Soviet Union and hist non capitalist alternative was the hate factor for both Westerns Allies and the Axis.

[@ДмитрийЛевыкин-н4р]

​@Jakeeyy1009 I really suggest you to inform deeper about the talks in August 1939. And about the position of France that was ready to sign the treaty and England that sent a low rank delegation without full powers to sign an agreement. At the same time England had secret talks with Nazis (Sir Horace Wilson as representative from Chamberlain and Helmuth C. H. Wohlthat and von Dirksen from Germany). In the West there has always been the trend to downplay the double game that England was playing before the war. The problem is of course, that nowadays Russia is a bourgeois country whose rulers accepted the pro-Western version of events. The fact is, that WW2 is the continuation the of WW1 - the conflict was not solved, the same blocks remained but there was one common enemy - the socialist USSR. And both sides were trying to appease each other pointing at the USSR as prey. But they underestimated the Soviet Russia.

[@marrvynswillames4975]

hitler left clear in mein jampf that he didn't believed in an long term peace with soviet union, in fact he says that an pact with russia would be the start of an war that would destroy germany

[@henrytumur7263]

I really appreciate for this episode! Thanks to kings and generals. Im Mongolian. I deeply thankful that you made this video. Because we lost 1500 brothers and sisters in this war

[@lightingandsoundtheonlyway6517]

Good riddance

[@orgilbattsetseg9290]

Every Mongolian's grandfather fought in this battle

[@Minboelf]

*YESSSSS Finally a story of this conflict since "My Way"* Thanks K&G

[@danielgoutovets8897]

LOL Thank you for this

[@michaelnewton1332]

The moment when "banzaaaaiiiii" ran in terror from "yyyyppppaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!"

[@McRocket]

Great video. Very informative and visually appealing. Thank you for creating it.

[@22vx]

Very well researched and scripted 👍 and very nicely animated presentation ⭐ Very enjoyable! Thanks K&G!

[@mrmarmellow555]

Great Info but Really need UNIQUE graphics for the MONGOLIAN cavalry,,, they are such a unique Force and with distinction!!

[@minhluonglehoang8679]

A bit disapointed again with their Asian source. The description of the Kwantung army is totally wrong. They have done this so many times to Asian events I don't even bother anymore

[@SQW0]

These relatively obscure battles is why I watch K&G.

[@Omar_ayach]

@@AdamSchadow isn't that what obscure means?

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

@@Omar_ayach "Overlooked" seems a better description.

[@TheStephaneAdam]

@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 "Criminally Ignored" would be my word choice. This battle is in many ways more important than the Battle of the Bulge, but we never hear of it. Just the name "Zhukov" should be common knowledge. So much is learned just knowing about the man's career...

[@Humanophage]

It's fairly prominent in Russia, though the Far Eastern front is generally ignored there as well because few Russians live there and it's a really distant place. Personally, I really like this battle and the whole Soviet-Japanese war because I feel the Japanese got too cocky after 1905 with the naval victories (for which the Russians had to pretty much travel from one side of the globe to the other). In 1939 and then again in 1945, the Russians could show them that Europe was still far stronger and more efficient militarily.

[@SQW0]

@Thor the Creator Well I'm Chinese so our battles in WWII are even less mentioned. The 'West' knows of major battles on the USSR side like Stalingrad and Kursk just like it can also pretty much ignore its own efforts in Italy. I'm sure there are national-pride level event in Cambodia that even the most diligent high school student in Russia is unaware of. It's not a slight on a particular country when some of its history is 'obscure' to outsiders - that's just history.

[@Armorius2199]

Zhukov was a military genius from early on!

[@tov.vladimirlenin]

Yep

[@HermesTrimegistos]

Yep

[@HermesTrimegistos]

Best Soviet general

[@ares106]

This encirclement reminds me a lot of what he pulled off in Stalingrad later.

[@NyangisKhan]

@@saint_matthias I mean the enemy had air superiority. What else did you expect? Air superiority is crucial. If you've been watching the videos on this channel you'll have to know Israel won the six day war against an odd of 5 to 1 thanks to air superiority. Air superiority is a *huge* advantage. Even general Schwarzkopf mentioned how air superiority made it significantly easier for the US to win the Gulf war.

[@Kaptaintrips2831]

Soviets: Defeat the Japanese in a pitched battle Nazis: Lets ignore that and focus on how bad the Soviets looked during the WInter War

[@antoniopimentel3546]

the soviets had a 3:1 number advantage in a favourable terrain that isn't much of a victory tbh, even less so when you consider that the japanese had the habit of sepoku and suicide attacks and still had less 5k casualties than the soviets

[@evrensaygn1017]

@@antoniopimentel3546 Japanese had heights, they had air superiority and they had rivers. Soviets had terrain disadvantage. If they had that advantage, you would see a catasthrophic destruction of Kwantung army.

[@imperialguardsman5929]

@@antoniopimentel3546 You just sound like a butthurt weeb to me

[@2SSSR2]

Japanese: Mongolia is ours! Zhukov: Hold my Vodka.

[@benedeknagy8497]

Mongolian cavalrymen: Hold our kumis!

[@-BEnC-]

it's so funny haha ha, hold my vodka, well, you're petrosyan lol, don't make me laugh anymore, because my tummy hurts from laughing

[@deluca1031]

When you are too Confident to fight the Russian since you won againts them but you realize they Have red flag *Confused Screeching*

[@moralcoach717]

Soviet tactics of sending everything to the grinder were criminal to its own people

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

Max Power It may be a myth, but it’s not that far fetched either. Commonly, when one suffers high casualties, the commander orders a retreat. That wasn’t the case with the soviets which always endured way higher casualties than their foes in most of their battles. When you have 500 tanks but you lose more than 150 of them in an afternoon, that’s when you must fall back.

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

greekmarine I don’t know dude. During the 1-year Philippines Campaign, The US had 1.25 Million men against 529 thousand imperial soldiers. However, the American losses were 20’000 ( estimated as the casualties are all mixed up with missing and wounded personnel ). So, it means that it’s possible to achieve victory without the need to sustain heavy losses. In this battle, the Soviets outnumbered the Japanese 2.5 to 1 as well, yet they lost 1/3 of the army.

[@FailedAragorn]

@@moralcoach717 It's actually a myth that the soviets used "human wave" tactics. By launching a loaded offensive that was impossible to withstand, the enemy line would be broken much more quickly in order to facilitate an envelopment. This results in higher initial casualties, but much lower casualties later on in the battle.

[@LuisBrito-ly1ko]

greekmarine Yeah, but the Soviets had air superiority and reinforcements, so that advantage was pretty much nullified. Besides, if the terrain put tanks on disadvantage, they should have used them somewhere else. And yeah, the Japanese lost most of its units, but that’s because the didn’t want to retreat and tried to counterattack. Also, the Japanese lost 80% of their army in the Philippines as well, but the US suffered way less losses in comparison, despite that being a longer campaign than this one. I mean, to lose 1/3 of the army for a few kilometers of land seems more like a Pyrrhic victory.

[@ReviveHF]

There was a ethnic Korean German soldier reportedly fought in this battle before being caught by the Soviets, later he was forced to fight for the Soviet then captured by the Germans. Very soon the Germans recruited him for the Ost battalion and after the Normandy landings he was finally captured by the US soldiers, he was then freed and migrated to US.

[@kevinvillegas7600]

Yeah they made a movie about him called my way

[@leifbakke793]

There is a movie about the two, Korean and Japanese men.

[@chaosXP3RT]

@Limau Purut No he wasn't.

[@Killzoneguy117]

@@saint_matthias it'd be pretty funny if he did. The whole thing ends up coming full circle.

[@AlexK-oh2se]

You just recite the content of Seoboojeonsun movie. Would be great if you provide actual sources.

[@asininkelpin1292]

Considering the Japanese being an island nation extremely lacking in the oil and steel needed compared to the USSR and its massive size i think they did well in kicking their asses to a certain degree plus the higher kill rate, it just goes to show how much potential the Imperial Japanese have, they were... just like the Germans succumbing to their ultimate needs for their war machine, oil and steel...

[@Ktsquare2008]

They have some coal but not enough...

[@MDP1702]

@@nottoday3817 and 20k japanese vs 25k soviets killed => higher kill rate (not higher kill ratio).

[@nicknamenick9448]

Archangel17 it’s nothing in such small numbers. Better to compare 1945 USSR Japan war

[@speedzero7478]

Every power has a strength and weakness. Japan had an amazing Navy and aircraft, while the Soviet Union had awesome tanks and vast land army. If Japan wanted to achieve parity with the Soviets on land, it would have meant revolutionizing the tanks and logistics of the Japanese Army. Not enough resources to go around for such an endeavor.

[@buymyriceplz900]

@@MDP1702 The Soviets didn't have 25k deaths nor the Japanese with their 20k. casualties and death toll are two completely different things. Many so-called internet historians always mix this up. Casualties could be dead, missing wounded or hospitalized due to various diseases. The death-toll for the soviets and Japanese were 9,703 and 8,440. In big wars, especially wars in the first half of the 20th century higher kill count by such a small amount doesn't mean shit if you lose your objectives.

[@Kellds47]

Sakhalin looks like a peninsula here when it should be an island. Map starting around the 2:00 mark.

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Your not wrong but who really cares?

[@Parfen_Rogojin]

​@@twojacksandanace3847 It's important to know why Japanese Types 89 wouldn''t have rolled on Russian Far East if they had had such excellent possibilities on this map.

[@gidmichigan1765]

It's an editing error. When using programs such as Auto CAD or Painting 3d, two ambient objects in a outline(in this case, Sakhalin and Russia) connects when it's too adjacently close from proximity view. This can be fixed by individually modifying each pixels into the correct textures of the actual geography of the location. However it's very time consuming, and in my opinion, not worth the effort for such a small fix.

[@sukinina9695]

My great-grandfather was in this war. but 80 years later I joined the frontier army in the Khalkha river where he was fighting.

[@thekhans2823]

Thanks for talking about the Khalkhin Gol, It’s a very much forgotten battle, that my Great grandfather, fought in ( Mongolia 🇲🇳

[@Bayard1503]

I watched a video on Mongolian struggles in this period just the past week, it was fascinating.

[@FaceNapalm]

I wouldn't say that the Japanese attack on Soviet far east during USSR's war with Germany would be catastrophic for the Soviets. Throughout the war with Germany, the USSR kept between 32 to 60 infantry divisions, 13 to 29 air divisions, 27 tank brigades and 6 divisions and 4 brigades of AA troops. They had from 10 thousand to 20 thousands artillery pieces, mortars and anti tank guns, over 3.1 thousand tanks and SPGs, 4.1-4.3 thousand planes of various roles and about 100 combat ships. Furthermore, the Soviets built an advanced set of tunnels and fortifications. The Soviets always kept a significant force on their borders with Japan. The reason why the Japanese did not attack was because it would be way too costly for them to push into Soviet far east, which would likely achieve very limited success especially since they were already busy fighting in China.

[@IncognitoUnknown-fc2tu]

Are you familiar with Lushkov story?)

[@Ktsquare2008]

To you Sir or Mme, you seems to be educated on this. Would Imperial Japan have a better chance to take the northern part of Sakhalin island, given that Soviet navy is not good in comparison to Japanese. There is a 60 to 70km corridor from Hokkaido to Sakhalin. If Japanese submarines and surface ships could blockade the corridor while shipments of troops and resources are shipped northwards, the land and air troops on the southern part of island could have just pushed northward. However, how would the issue be ended diplomatically?

[@isprikitikburkabush6200]

Ikr I dont think many people know that Stalin kept decent number of troops and resources in the far east throughout the war. I guess he learnt from Operation Barbarossa that you cant trust a non aggression pact.

[@Ktsquare2008]

@@isprikitikburkabush6200 1939.... Barbarossa was 1941.

[@marrvynswillames4975]

@@Ktsquare2008 IJN had no desire for an war in the north, they wanted the far easier and more important oil productors regions of Burma and Dutch East Indies.

[@tbiddywag6245]

THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY VIDEOS

[@hughmungus1960]

I like the videos put out by Kings and Generals, its basically why i still use KZbin. I learn so much about war, government, trade, culture, religion, politics, diplomatic relations, geography etc.... which has helped me appreciate whats around me in life. Keep up the good work Kings and Generals!

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks for watching!

[@thekhans2823]

Wow ! Nice video ! My Great Grandfather, fought in the 65th Mongolian Cavalry Division

[@brokenbridge6316]

I've heard about this battle. And I knew Zhukov was here. Thus battle put him on Stalin's map and helped him to be transferred west. Ended up being a good thing for Soviet Russia in the long run. Now I know some more details of this. I loved this video. This channel is awesome. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

[@hint1k]

Nice, just one remark. "ZH" in Zhukov's name actually pronounces very similar to "G" in a word "giant". However, there is no "D" sound at the start of this "G". You need to say just the 2nd part of "G" sound. That is how Russian "Zh" sounds like.

[@philiph6819]

Bykov was also very painful to hear him pronounce.

[@tariver1693]

Yeah, English romanization is hard on English-speakers. I bet they also mispronounced Japanese and Mongolian names and that one Manchurian place name.

[@DarkSideChess]

@snowy the snowman Not quite. The Zh is more like the sound in the french name Jean.

[@bogdandrugov2127]

@snowy the snowman sounds like that goddamn T-34 engine entering the Brandenburg gates

[@TheT3MK4]

hint1k also for mongolian name Khorloogiin Choibalsan is our order for names Khorloo is his father’s name Choibalsan is hisname “giin” means noun belongs to someone or something like “ ‘s” in english. so if you write names from Mongolian to English you should write Choibalsan Khorloo

[@cambuurleeuwarden]

This is perfect. Was watching docu's on khalkin gol this week but there isn't a lot of good material out there. Thank you for this.

[@davethompson3326]

Shtern also served with distinction during the Winter War. The Soviet authorities accused him of treason and had him shot during Stalin's military purge of 1941.

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Japan: * calls Soviets scrubs * Zhukov: * dramatic coat toss *

[@jonbaxter2254]

Good old Zhukov. "What can a hero of the red army do to get some lubrication here?"

[@Philbert-s2c]

"The look on your face...."

[@blackpowderuser373]

[@thethirdman225]

“I fooked Germany. I think I can take a flesh lump in a fookin’ waistcoat.”

[@bobbybrown2723]

I've been following this channel since it started from scratch. Kings and Generals videos are always very informative and backed by real historical facts. Keep up the good work.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thanks!

[@wrenchguy2937]

Why is this channel being demonetized? That's ABSURRRD. They are literally educating us during this quarantine with history.....Come on!!!

[@bronzehero7725]

Гоё суваг шүү.Монгол улс минь үүрд мандан бадраг💪

[@lt419]

The Soviets and the Russians have always been, and will continue to be the big brother and a trusted friend of Mongolian people for many years.

[@argumentaddict7206]

Do the Soviet Invasion of Manchuria please. It is the battle that ended ww2

[@maxim7269]

yep, the soviet captured a shit ton of army in manchuria, almost all of japan soldier were stationed in manchuria

[@brianlong2334]

@@maxim7269 They took 600,000 to 660,000 men as POWs, the Japanese had 6million men in there army at this time..... The Japanese surendered to America and it's allies which includes the Russian's, the invasion of Manchuria made the Russians loses 12,000 men the Japanese 21,000 so the campaign wasn't much bigger then this one just spoken about..... The Japanese had on the home island over 4.3million armed force's and 31.5million conscripts to fight the expected American invasion, there was also about 3million troops still in China.

[@brianlong2334]

@@AlexanderTch First off that's the Soviet claims which I wouldn't trust mate so at lest check your self before calling someone out when they have the right information. Japanese records say 21,000KIA and 20,000 WIA. Both Soviet and Japanese say 600,000 to 660,000 Japanese POWs so.... To believe the Russian claims would be to say that the Japanese had a Casualty rate in 5 days basically the same rate that was in Stalingrad... Yet the Russian's lost 2,400men a day in 5 days... See the problem.... America lost over 110,000 in the pacific and over 250,000 WIA. The Japanese surrendered to the USA ordered by there emperor they then surrendered to Russian and it was a small advace the Russian only travelled like 200km from there border into Manchuria, over stretching there supply lines having to wait up to 2 days for there oil supply to catch up, the USA spent more resources easily then Russia did. At lest research before sounding crazy mate.

[@brianlong2334]

@@AlexanderTch I to can look at Wikipedia mate so just read it all it has both Russian claims and Japanese. What documents do you have to show me? Wikipedia? Lol And no I'm not anti-Russian I just believe in reality, how did the Russian get a 1 dead Russian to 8 dead Japaneses... Why would the Japanese lie they lost makes no sense mate. They literally have all there dead from ww2 accounted for so how would it be propaganda, Russian historian's can't even agree on a number of there dead, the number are at lest 8million+ to over 20million+ military dead so. I believe the number's is to be changed to 14million military dead over the next 10 years. But that's crazy good a 1 to 8 the Germans in ww2 got 1 man lost to 3 of its enemies and it was the best in ww2 so and at its best in 1941 as in total casualties they lost 1 to 6 Russians so I just don't buy it sorry mate. American struggled to get a 2 to 1 vs the Japanese and had a lot more fire power then Russia, if you don't agree maybe have a look at war ships, but total casualties of Japanese and American were the same, yet Russian randomly just has a huge increase in its effectiveness over night... How, it didn't change anything it was doing and was only fighting for 5 days. So to put it in to perspective the campaign in Manchuria was as deadly as the battle of Stalingrad in terms of people dead a day... lol!!! Nar sorry mate I don't buy what your putting down, besides that the Soviet are well documented to lie about almost everything because they were comunist. China is the same it's been saying as an example every year over the last 30 years its wealth is 10% more then it really is, it's what happens when you run a disfuctanal program, don't get me wrong communism sounds great but it's extremely corrupt, it's why the Russian people have struggle over the last 80 years.

[@brianlong2334]

@@AlexanderTch The Japanese Emperor surrendered because of the American Nukes sorry to burst your bubble, the emperor got on the radio and said they must indure he never actually said the word surrender he just told them to stop fighting and they did. Common dude put some effort in to your comment you sound ridiculous...

[@mariyanadobreva8724]

Thank you ever so much for this remarkable video. The world must never forget what the Soviet and the Mongolian armies did to defeat the Japanese imperialism. Respect from Canada.

[@kirishima638]

I'd heard of this battle but always assumed it was a small skirmish. Didn't realize how many units were involved. Really great!

[@RYHo-ni4my]

23:22 during soviet's worst time in WW2, they still had a hell lot of troops in far east though. I dont think japanese can invade far east since they got more problems to deal with.

[@roadhigher]

Even if they did attempt an invasion, there was thousands of miles of Siberian Tundra between the Soviet-Japanese border, and strategically important centres of the Soviet Union. By the time the Soviets got to Berlin, Japanese troops would have made it maybe to Lake Baikal if they got lucky.

[@brianlong2334]

And yet the Soviet started to deploy 90 division 5,500 tanks And over 3,000 aircraft to the far East from the Western front in Europe at the start of 1945 after they had bean pulling away more and more men and equipment. They invaded with over 1.5million men 5,550+ tanks And 3,700+ aircraft so then were was the already stationed over 1 to 1.5million men 5,500 tanks And 3,700 aircraft little strange. The Japanese would have outnumbered them by men if they didn't attack south East Asia and America. It wouldn't have bean about the Japanese taking ground I mean the Russian would have played the land for time as they had a lot over there but more about holding down men and resources could you imagine how much it would cripple the Soviet supliying it's armed force's in a two front war. The other thing to take into account is the Soviet had about 20,000 tanks And 30,000 aircraft left when German surendered would they even have made it to 44 in to two front war I don't think so.

[@marrvynswillames4975]

Brian Long still, they had no reason for doing this besides to help the untrusty germans that didnt lift an finger to help they in 38. Why do this If burma and durch indies had more recources that could be easly taken?

[@TomM1173]

Partly right but mainly wrong Mister. Yes the Russians left a large force in the East when operation Barbarossa started in 1941 because Staline didn't trust the Japanese to honor the treaty (as he Stalin would not have done it otherwise). And those troops stayed there until late 1942. By then Staline was sure, that Japan would not invade in the east and thus moved some Siberian divisions to a city called Stalingrad. These divisions were then crucial in the encirclement of the German 6th army and consequently in the way WWII turned out to end. So regardless of Japanese war crimes the victory over Nazi-Germany depended to great extent on Japan respecting a non-agression treaty. And what did Staline do? When war in Europe was over and the US had nearly defeated Japan already, he then attacked Japan on August 9, three days after the first A-bomb was detonated over Hiroshima in order to get his piece of the cake, e.g. the Kurile Islands.Just another example of Staline's ruthless and immoral style.

[@dontrotter1099]

I remember as a kid in the 60's and a budding history buff, hearing of this battle. But there was nothing written about it, other than a short blurb here and there. Wasnt until the fall of soviet russia that the soviet side was finally published and we got to see what really happened there. The japanese tactics they would employ through out the pacific war, were on full display. Wish you hadnt skipped the air portion. There was a war movie about a korean who i think was fighting here? I know the Japanese were handled roughly here, but it was the army after all. Great video. In depth details. Thank you!

[@l_a_u_t_i]

i'd recommend not using the explosion effect that often

[@j.p.5013]

It would be better if he used gunshot sounds for infantry combat, and explosion for bombardment, tanks and air strikes.

[@christopherg2347]

9:00 Classical Japanese: Way to complex plan, that failed due to the realites of battlefield communicaiton. Not retreating when it could save your force Not telling your high command you messed up. 12:00 Classical USSR: If at first you do not succeed, throw more men and tanks at it! 15:30 Russias greatest ally: Enemy supply problems! 22:10 Considering the Russian/Mongolians were on the offensive, such casualties should be considered "light". 23:00 So, Zhukov won WW2 for russia, before it had officially reached russia?

[@curtisshaw1370]

22:10 Given that the Soviets had three times the men, more than seven times the number of tanks and almost three times the aircraft against an opponent whose government was refusing to reinforce, those casualties are kind of high.

[@TheR00k]

@@curtisshaw1370 Welcome to Zhukov's battles. The most recognisable quote from him in Russia is: "No matter, more will be born".

[@christopherg2347]

@@curtisshaw1370 The formula for attack is "bring 3 times the defenders numbers". Guess what happens to the 2 extra guys!

[@mongol100mongol3]

It was nice to know more about our history. Thank you.

[@randallrona9618]

Genghis Khan would be so proud to his descendants fighting the Japanese, despite his disappointment when Mongolia calls Soviet Union to help them.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

Much like the Mongols of back then, they also could not conquer Japan in the 20th century

[@tenidaska9984]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k like you know lmao. give us some facts?

[@Orgil.]

you mean Khubilai khaan ? Chinggis khaan didnt attack japan.

[@Savage-en1xv]

@@user-pn3im5sm7k mongols only lost two invasions due to storms. ANY time the mongol war machine and Japanese armies met in battle, the mongols dominated. Periodt.

[@user-pn3im5sm7k]

@@Savage-en1xv That's a myth actually, it's already been proven the Japanese would still have defeated the Mongols.

[@eugenebraxton2987]

Dawg how do you dislike a description of a battle in history without bias, wtf????!!!!! Best youtube channel out cher!!!

[@robuzo]

What an amazingly detailed explanation of an important yet neglected battle in the lead-up to WW2.

[@paulandzik7190]

Thank you for explaining this part of History. Everytime I tried to research it, it can be boring. your explanation is excellent. I understood more in your 24 minutes video, then I have in my past attempts. Thank you again.

[@Todsor]

Kalka river in Ukraine in 1223 - Slavs and Mongols fought each other Khalka river in Mongolia in 1939 - Slavs and Mongols fought together Khalha river on Mars in 2655 - Slavs and Mongols fought .........

[@campfiresnlasguns]

Japanese after killing hundreds of tanks: "WE'RE WINNING WE'RE WINNING !! BANZAI !!" Soviets: "Clearly you know nothing of mass production."

[@sapphyrus]

Japan’s strategic blunder to not help Germany and instead attacking USA sealed the fate of the war which is generally attributed to this mostly unknown conflict. It was the freed Soviet divisions from Siberia that stopped the offensive on Moscow. Altogether it is amazing that Axis could advance that much considering every one of them did massive mistakes on when to attack whom in a way to eventually cripple each other’s efforts.

[@joshmorton7283]

Damn those maps are hella fine love the flag over terrain aesthetic, showing the clear political borders and the terrain they were fighting on

[@matthewbrooks7038]

I believe this battle is one of the crucial moments of the 20th century. Just imagine if the Japanese soundly defeated the Soviet army. I know the Japanese army wanted to avenge this defeat in 1941, but the navy was adamant about obtaining glory. I'm glad the channel shed light on this campaign.

[@ssss-ht9tk]

the views so clean and easy to let me understand every details about this battle thank you for the Update!

[@colder5465]

Great work, really. For the first time I watched such a detailed account of these events. Thanks!

[@anshumannbatra8907]

Thank you soo much for making a video about this little known battle between Japan and the Soviet Union, before WW2. Learned this just the day before yesterday. This battle was key for the Soviet Commander, Georgi Zhukov. He would rise up due to this victory !!!!

[@cmdrtianyilin8107]

Zhukov's tactic: Shake it until it falls apart.

[@soebandriowaperdam9102]

17:38 to 17:55: the same strategy which would be used in stalingrad by zhukov.

[@gmurn2010]

Fantastic story. One of your very best. Been researching this for years. Keep up the good work.

[@phillipgathright8001]

Another fascinating video on a little known part of history. Kings & Generals clearly makes some of the best content on KZbin.