Nomonhan: Japanese-Soviet Tactical Combat, 1939

by Edward J. Drea

Before World War II, the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) developed an offensive tactical doctrine designed to allow its infantry forces to fight successfully against a superior foe, the Soviet Union. A battle test of that doctrine's effectiveness occurred from June trough August 1939 along the Outer Mongolian-Manchurian border. This essay follows the daily combat operations of the IJA's 2d Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1410222853
• ISBN13: 9781410222855
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"