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Zhukov is honored as a national hero in Mongolia

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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!

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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

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

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

The most important battle you’ve never heard of.

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.

My Grandfather fought in this battle for Soviets.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Next: Soviet Invasion of Manchuria 1945.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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Thank you! Such high quality production and coverage of lesser known battles 👍🏽!

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

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.

Thank you, nicely done. I have known of this campaign, and studied its air combat and some of its tactical battles, but here you succinctly decribe this at a strategic level.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Zhukov was a military genius from early on!

Wow, this is some incredible production work that covers history!

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

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

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

Thanks for this video. I read this history a number of times in the past. But your video explained it the best and easier to understand.

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

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

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

love the new layout, keep up the good work

Amazing video team, honestly a travesty that you aren't monetised and that this content isn't being pushed to people on yt

9:55 a legend was born

Amazing documentary! I absolutely love the showcase of tactics and units movement. Showing the ideas behind every order is really something astounding. Keep up the good work!

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

Great video, as usual from you guys 👍🏼

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

Awesome job as always! Although it would be a shame if YT demonitised a high-quality documentary about a battle in WW2

Thank you for the content!

Thank you for this. A super important battle before WWII that is overlooked.

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

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.

Incredible quality! Thanks guys!

Nice touch with the "Last Samurai" theme in the background for the end

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...

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

This is one that I certainly looked forward to!

this is beautiful work sir

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

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.

Really like your focus on the modern history battles!

I love the animation, good work guys. I'm proud of you Ivy 😘

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!

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

This was an outstanding 👏 informative military history video

Great video! As always 😃

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.

This is high quality channel I subscribe and it's worth every video :)

First of your vids I have watched and already a convert. Great content mate.....

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.