The Battle of Nomonhan/Khalkhin Gol - Episode 507

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

This week Seth Paridon and co-host Jon Parshall dig into a little-known event that had massive implications on the future progression of the Pacific War. In 1939, the renegade Japanese Kwangtung Army decided, on their own, to launch an offensive against Soviet and Mongolian forces near the small village of Nomonhan. Initial Japanese successes were later destroyed when the Soviets launched a massive counter-offensive led by the one and only Georgy Zhukov. In a series of battles that lasted over several weeks in July and August 1939, Japan and the Soviet Union came incredibly close to outright war against one another. The crushing defeat that the Soviets threw on the Japanese forced a complete change in the IJA's future plans and led directly to the path to war with the United States, Great Britain and the Netherlands. #wwiihistory #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #essex #halsey #taskforce38 #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #mastersoftheair #8thairforce #mightyeighth #100thbombgroup #bloodyhundredth #b17 #boeing #airforce wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #usnavy #usa #usarmy #medalofhonor #enterprise #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #cv6 #midway #wwii #wwiihistory #ww2 #worldwar2 #usnavy #usnavyseals #usmc #usmarines #saipan #usa #usarmy #aircraft #aircraftcarrier #battleship #battleships #ussenterprise #aircraftcarriers #museum #hollywood #movie #movies #books #oldbreed #1stMarineDivision #thepacific #Peleliu #army #marines #marinecorps #worldwar2 #worldwar #worldwarii #leytegulf #battleofleytegulf #rodserling #twilightzone #liberation #blacksheep #power #prisoner #prisonerofwar #typhoon #hurricane #weather #iwojima#bullhalsey #ace #p47 #p38 #fighter #fighterpilot #b29 #strategicstudying #tokyo #boeing #incendiary #usa #franklin #okinawa #yamato #kamikaze #Q&A #questions #questionsandanswers #history #jaws #atomicbomb #nuclear #nationalarchives #nara #johnford #hollywood

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0:00.0	The
0:07.0	The Hello. Hello and welcome to episode 507 of the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:45.5	My name is Seth Peridon, historian and deputy director of the Mississippi Armed Forces Museum.
0:49.3	And with me, as always, is my co-host, esteemed author and historian and good buddy, John Parshall.
0:53.7	How are you, John?
0:55.2	I am very well, man.
0:56.5	Nice to see you again.
0:58.0	As always, as always.
0:59.6	And I didn't screw up the intro like I did.
1:02.2	Like last time.
1:03.4	That I totally left in the episode, by the way.
1:05.4	Completely.
1:05.8	Why wouldn't you?
1:07.0	Absolutely.
1:07.7	Why not?
1:08.6	Why not? Why not? And you guys are sitting there going, what are you talking about? You're going to actually see that in two weeks, but still, it's good to go.
1:14.8	So we got a pretty interesting thing to talk about here, John. This is one of those battles. And I'll get to the intro and we'll get into the thing. But it's one of those battles that people kind of know on the periff, but they don't really know a whole lot about.
1:31.2	And it's confusing because there's not really, yeah.
1:36.7	Long and there's yet not a lot of Western source material on it, but it's fought at the ends of the earth and hugely important and nobody's heard of it.
1:40.0	Big time, big time.
1:41.4	So let's get into it.
1:43.0	In 1931, as we know, Japan invaded Manchuria following the
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