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Nomonhan:
Japanese-Soviet Tactical Combat,
1939
by Edward J. Drea
Combat Studies Institute
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas 66027
JANUARY 1981

https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a322749.pdf

Thanks. It's a battle/campaign that more people should know about. It had important tactical, operational and strategic consequences.

Wow, that is a long paper, looks well worth reading.

Chuck

Thanks for this!

ORIGINAL: Neilster

Thanks. It's a battle/campaign that more people should know about. It had important tactical, operational and strategic consequences.

warspite1

Indeed. A study of this campaign also evidences for all the world to see everything that was wrong with Japanese military thinking in WWII; the hot-headed Japanese officers and Gekokujo, the lack of sensible planning, the dismissive belief that the enemy was always inferior, the inflexibility of Japanese operational plans - all were in evidence here.

Fascinating and lively.

Now from the forewords , what would you think a nato commander of the '80 would have learned of this account to fight the red storm rising ?

My 0.02 cent : High ground, spartan morale, jedi command ability and tons of materials.[;)]

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Great. Thanks for posting.

Nomonhan Leavenworth Paper is only one of a huge (did I mention huge) collection of online free (did I mention free) papers and books on a wide range of military history and doctrine. The webpage can be a little overwhelming and confusing. But spending a little time figuring it out is worth it. It has something for everyone interested in military history and military doctrine.

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Books/C ... /Doctrine/

If the link doesn't work internet search Army University Press or CSI Press Publications

I just finished reading this account. A really good piece concentrating on a single Japanese battalion, filled with very brave soldiers, in a horrible place to fight.

Well worth reading.

Chuck

I’ve just watched a new video on Mark Felton’s YouTube channel about White Russian soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army. It seems that there were Russian soldiers on both sides during the Nomanhan campaign:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvgBicIU9mo&t=485s




Mark Felton has quite a few interesting videos on his channel.

ORIGINAL: redcoat

I’ve just watched a new video on Mark Felton’s YouTube channel about White Russian soldiers in the Imperial Japanese Army. It seems that there were Russian soldiers on both sides during the Nomanhan campaign:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvgBicIU9mo&t=485s




Mark Felton has quite a few interesting videos on his channel.

The Japanese had a division or two of ethnic Russians in their army.